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CHURCH, 


CHARLESTON,   S.  C. 


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BX  9211  .C26  S42  1894 
Charleston,  S.  C.  Second 

Presbyterian  Church. 
Manual  for  the  use  of  the 

members  of  the  Second 


MANUAL     (     JUN?,3  1913 


USB   OP    THE    MEMBBI^S 


OF    THE 

Segond  Presbyterian  Ghurgh, 

Charleston,  S.  C. 


PREPARED  UNDER  THE  DIRECTIOH  OF  THE 


unununi 


BY  THE 


REV.  GILBERT  R.   BRACKETT,  D.  D., 


CHARLESTON,  S,  C 

Walker,  Evans  &  Cogswell  Co.,  Printers, 

Nod.  3  &  5  Broad  and  117  East  Bay  Streets. 

1894. 


CONTKNTS. 


Preface  by  Dr.  Brackett 5 

Preface  by  Dr.  Smyth 6 

History  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Charleston 9 

Rules  for  Temporal  Government  of  the  Church 36 

Rules  for  the  Government  of  the  Association 51 

Rules  for  the  Spiritual  Government 56 

By-Laws  Board  of  Deacons 64 

Rules  of  the  Sunday  School 67 

Present  Officers  of  the  Church 71 

OflBcers  and  Teachers  of  the  Sunday  School 72 

Societies  of  the  Church 74 

List  of  Officers  of  the  Church  from  its  organization  in  1809 76 

List  of  the  Members  of  the  Church  since  its  organization  in  1809 81 

Standing  Notices 123 

Extract  from  Old  Rules 125 

Statistical  Summary  of  Members 128 


PREFACE  TO  THE  NEW  MANUAL. 


By  order  of  the  Session,  a  Committee,  consisting 
of  the  Pastor,  Kev.  G.  R.  Brackett,  D.  D.,  Elder  J. 
Adger  Smyth,  and  Deacon  Hall  T.  McGee,  were 
appointed  to  prepare  a  New  Manual  of  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church,  bringing  the  history  down  to 
the  present  time. 

It  has  been  the  aim  of  the  Committee  to  repro- 
duce the  substance  of  the  Manual  prepared  by  Dr. 
Smyth,  in  ]838,  and  1854  including,  the  History  of 
the  Church,  the  Eules  for  the  Government  of  the 
Church,  and  of  "The  Association,"  retaining  as  far 
as  possible,  the  language  of  the  old  Book.  To  this 
has  been  added  a  history  of  the  buildings  ;  of  the 
various  Societies  of  the  Church  ;  of  the  work  among 
the  colored  people ;  the  By. Laws  of  the  Board  of 
Deacons  ;  and  a  History  of  the  Sunday-School,  pre- 
pared by  Mr.  A.  T.  Smythe,  up  to  the  time  of  his 
resignation,  as  Superintendent.  The  Boll  of  Com- 
municants is  also  brought  down  to  date. 
August  1st,  1894. 


PREFACE. 


Written  by  Eev.  THOMAS  SMYTH,  D.  D  ,  1838. 

npHIS  publication,  it  is  hoped,  will  prove  useful  to 
the  members  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church 
and  congregation.  It  will  do  so,  by  imparting  all 
that  iniormation  which  is  so  desirable  to  those  who 
connect  themselves  with  any  Society.  The  origin, 
history  and  progress  of  the  Church,  is  here  dis- 
closed ;  its  present  condition  delineated ;  its  rules 
and  regulations  declared ;  its  officers,  elders  and 
members  published.  It  will  do  so,  by  giving  form 
and  character  to  the  Church  ;  by  attaching  to  its 
history  and  doings  their  reasonable  importance ; 
and  thus  making  it  an  object  of  greater  interest  and 
regard. 

It  will  do  so,  by  treasuring  up,  for  future  genera- 
tions, the  correct  history  of  the  present  and  the 
past  ere  time  has  rolled  its  oblivious  wave  over  the 
transactions  of  by-gone  days. 

It  will  do  so,  by  constituting  a  bond  of  union 
among  the  members  of  the  Church — making  them 


acquainted  with  each  other,  and  with  all  that  is 
done  in  the  Church,  and  thus  promoting  union, 
harmony,  and  brotherly  love. 

In  olden  times,  "  they  that  feared  the  Lord,  spake 
often  one  to  another,  and  the  Lord  hearkened  and 
heard  it."  The  great  obstacles  to  a  personal  ac- 
quaintance, and  familiar  intercourse  among  Chris- 
tians, in  a  city  like  this,  are,  their  wide  dispersion, 
the  continual  change  in  their  places  of  residence, 
and  the  consequent  difficulty  of  ascertaining  where 
they  reside  from  year  to  year.  The  following  man- 
ual will  obviate  these  difficulties.  Every  member 
of  the  Church  may  be  furnished  with  it ;  and  it  is 
hoped,  will  feel  the  obligation  of  cultivating  that 
spirit  of  mutual  intercourse,  which  has,  in  former 
years,  been  so  productive  of  good  to  this  people.  "A 
new  commandment  I  give  unto  you,  that  ye  love 
one  another."  "  Hereby  know  we  that  we  have 
passed  from  death  unto  life  because  we  love  the 
brethren."  "  Thereby  shall  all  men  know  that  ye 
are  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  towards 
another," 

Let  every  member  of  the  Church  and  congrega- 
tion put  themselves  in  immediate  possession  of  this 
little  volume.  Let  them  read  it  at  least  once  a 
3'ear.     Let   them  endeavor   to   reduce   its  rules  to 


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practice,  and  to  act  upon  its  suggestions.  Let  them 
study  the  government  of  the  Church — become  ac- 
quainted with  its  nature  and  design — co-operate  in 
the  prosecution  of  all  its  plans — manifest  an  affec- 
tionate interest  in  all  its  members,  the  poor  as  well 
as  the  rich — and  then  will  she  arise  and  shine,  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  being  risen  upon  her ;  she  will 
lengthen  her  cords  and  strengthen  her  stakes  ;  and 
the  Lord  will  add  to  her  continually  such  as  shall 
be  saved. 


OF 

THE  SECOND  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 

OF  CHARLESTON,  S.  C. 


Previous  to  1811  tlie  First  Presbyterian  Church 
was  the  only  accomniodation  for  Presbyterians  in 
Charleston.  It  had  been  for  many  years,  however, 
found  altogether  insufficient  for  this  purpose.  As 
early  as  the  year  1804  the  necessity  of  a  new  erection 
was  felt  and  the  design  encouraged  by  Dr.  Buist,  then 
Pastor  of  the  Church.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Malcomson, 
who  arrived  from  Ireland  in  1794,  and  had  been  set- 
tled as  Pastor  for  many  years  in  Williamsburg,  in  this 
State,  was  engaged  to  preach  for  those  who  wished  to 
form  another  congregation,  and  the  temporary  use  of 
the  French  Church,  (Huguenot,)  was  procured.  His 
death,  which  occurred  in  September  of  the  same  year, 
blighted  the  sanguine  hopes  which  were  entertained, 
that  ere  long  another  Presbyterian  Church  and  con- 
gregation would  be  formed  in  Charleston.  It  was  not 
until  the  year  1809,  when  the  inability  to  tind  accom- 
modation in  the  existing  Church,  made  the  matter 
urgent,  that  the  determination  was  iinally  and  effectu- 


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.ally  made  to  enter  upon  tlie  formation  of  the  present 
Second  Presbyterian  Clmrcli, 

It  was  on  Wednesday  evening,  February  Stli,  1809, 
that  the  followino-  o-entlemen  beino;  assembled  at  the 
house  of  Ml".  Fleming,  entered  into  an  agreement  to 
unite  their  efforts  to  secure  a  suitable  building  for  a 
Presbyterian  Church,  viz  :  Benjamin  Boyd,  William 
Pressly,  John  Ellison,  Archibald  Pagan,  George  Rob- 
ertson, Samuel  Robertson,  William  Walton,  James 
Adger,  Caleb  Gray,  John  Robinson,  Alexander  Henry, 
Samuel  Pressly,  William  Aiken  and  John  Porter. 

At  a  subsequent  meeting  on  March  6th,  a  subscrip- 
tion paper  for  the  support  of  a  minister  was  presented 
when,  by  the  subscription  of  a  number  present,  of  one 
hundred  doUai-s  each,  for  two  years,  more  than  a  suffi- 
cient salary  being  subscribed,  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  request  the  Rev  Andrew  Flinn,  then  con- 
nected with  the  united  congregation  of  Williamsburg 
and  Indian  town,  to  organize  and  take  charge  of  the 
congregation,  with  a  salary  of  two  thousand  dollars. 
The  committee  consisted  of  Benjamin  Boyd,  John 
Cunningham,  John  Milliffan,  Samuel  Robertson  and 
John  Robertson.  This  invitation  Mr.  Flinn  ac- 
cepted, and  a  meeting  for  the  formation  of  a  Second 
Presbyterian  Church  was  held  at  Trinity  Church, 
(Methodist,)  on  Monday  evening,  A])ril  2-l:tli,  1809. 
Committees  were  ap])ointed  to  attend  to  secular  busi- 
ness, to  purchase  a  site  for  the  erection  of  a  Church, 
and  to  obtain  subscriptions.  The  first  standing  com- 
mittee to  attend  to  all  the  secular  affairs  of  the  Church 
and   to  purchase   a   site  were,  Benjamin  Boyd,  John 


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Cunningham,  Joseph  Milligan,  John  Robinson  and 
Samuel  Robertson. 

As  a  record  of  the  muniticence  of  the  donors,  who 
were  not  confined  to  Presbyterians,  it  was  resolved 
that  the  names  of  the  subscribers  should  be  preserved 
on  parchment  and  deposited  in  the  archives  of  the 
Church. 

By  May  16th  the  plan  of  the  Church  was  presented  by 
William  Gordon,  who  was  appointed  to  build  it,  and 
who  immediately  entered  upon  the  work.  In  1809  an 
act  of  incorporation  was  obtained. 

At  a  meeting  on  January  25th,  1810,  a  subscription 
paper  was  presented  for  the  signatures  of  those  who 
wished  to  become  members  of  the  Second  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  to  be  governed  by  prescribed  rules  and 
by-laws,  when  the  following  persons  signed  their 
names,  viz  : — 

Benjamin  Boyd,  Stephen  Thomas,  Robert  Fleming, 
Richard  McMillan,  Caleb  Gray,  Richard  Cunningham, 
James  Adger,  John  Porter,  William  H.  Gilliland, 
Alexander  Gray,  John  Blackwood,  John  Cunningham, 
Alexander  Henry,  John  McDowell,  William  Walton, 
Samuel  Robertson,  John  Walton,  Thomas  Fleming, 
John  Robinson,  James  Beggs,  George  Robertson,  J. 
C.  Martindale,  John  Brownlee,  William  Scott,  John 
Johnson,  Charles  Robion,  William  Aiken,  George 
Keenan,  Archibald  Grahame,  James  Carr,  Louis  A. 
Pitray,  James  Leman,  John  Noble,  David  Bell,  James 
Evans,  John  Ellison,  B.  Casey,  WiUiam  McElmoyle, 
John    Davis,     William    Pressly,    Thomas    Johnson, 


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George  Miller,  James  Blocker,  Robert  Belsliaw,  Sam- 
uel Conie,  Samuel  H.  Pratt,  James  Peunal,  Thomas 
A.  Vardell,  John  Steele,  Nathaniel  Slawson,  John  C. 
Beile,  William  Porter,  Samuel  Patterson,  Samuel 
Browne,  Jolm  M.  Eraser,  Thomas  Milliken,  John 
Smyth,  John  Mushet,  John  Crow,  Jolm  Geddes,  Peter 
Kennedy,  James  Wall,  Charles  Martin,  Alexander 
Howard,  William  Thompson,  Jolm  Dunn,  William 
Smith,  Sr.,  William  L.  Shaw,  Edward  Carew,  C.  B. 
Duhadway,  Samuel  Pillsbury,  William  Scott,  P.  Gal- 
braitli,  Richard  Fair,  Edward  McGrath,  James  Cooper 
and  William  Sims. 


In  order  that  the  Church  might  be  opened  for  the 
reception  of  the  Harmony  Presbytery,  at  its  first  ses- 
sion, it  was  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  Almighty  God,, 
by  a  sermon  from  the  Rev.  Dr.  Flinn,  on  Wednesday,. 
April  3rd,  1811,  and  connected  with  tlie  Ecclesiastical 
Judicatories  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  This  was 
the  first  session  ever  held  in  Charleston,  by  a  Presby- 
tery, connected  with  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States.  The 
Charleston  Union  Presbytery,  also,  held  its  first  session 
in  this  Church,  April  lOth,  1823. 

The  first  Pastor  of  this  Church  was  the  Rev.  Andrew 
Flinn,  D.  D.  He  was  called  in  February,  1809  ;  in- 
stalled April  Irth,  1811 ;  and  died  February  24th,  1820  ;. 
having  been  eleven  years  connected  with  the  Church. 
He  was  born  in  Maryland,  in  1773 ;  graduated  at  the 
University  of  North  Carolina,  in  1798;  was  licensed 
to  preach  the  Gospel  by  the  Presbytery  of  Orange,  N. 


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C,  in  1800.  His  first  pastoral  charge  was  in  Fayette- 
ville,  N.  C;  afterwards  he  removed  to  Camden,  and 
from  thence  to  the  united  congi-egations  of  Bethel  and 
Indian  town,  in  Williamsburg,  South  Carolina.  From 
this  place,  he  was  called  to  Charleston,  in  1809,  where 
he  organized  this  Church,  dedicated  this  House  of 
"Worship,  and  built  up  this  Congregation.  On  Feb- 
ruary Bith,  1820,  in  the  forty-eighth  year  of  his  age, 
after  a  long  and  painful  illness.  Dr.  Flinn  wasremov^ed 
from  the  scene  of  his  earthly  labors. 

After  the  death  of  Dr.  Flinn,  the  Church  was  sup- 
plied by  such  transient  ministers  as  could  be  obtained 
until  April,  1820,  when  the  Rev.  Artemas  Boies, 
pastor  of  the  Church  in  Wilmington,  N.  C,  and  who 
had  been  recommended  by  Dr.  Flinn,  was  called  to 
supply  the  Church  for  one  year,  during  the  rebuilding 
of  his  Church  at  Wilmington,  which  had  been  burnt. 

He  was  elected  pastor  in  April,  1S21,  and  continued  to 
labor  until  May,  1823,  when  he  tendered  his  resignation 
to  the  Church,  and  his  pastoral  connection,  which  had 
continued  for  three  years,  was  regretfully  sundered, 
on  account  of  the  delicate  health  of  his  wife.  He  died 
of  typhoid  fever,  at  the  age  of  52,  in  Sept.,  184-1, 
while  pastor  of  the  Second  Church  in  the  city  of  New 
London,  Conn.  Tlie  noble  granite  shaft  erected  by 
his  people  over  his  grave  bears  this  fitting  and  charac- 
teristic epitaph  :  "  Speaking  the  truth,  in  love." 

In  November,  1823,  it  was  unanimously  resolved  to 
call  the  Rev.  Thomas  Charlton  Henry,  who  was  in- 
stalled by  the  Charleston  Union  Presbytery,  January, 
1821.  He  died  Oct.  5th,  1827,  having  been  four 
years  connected  with  the  Church. 


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Dr.  Henry  was  the  son  of  Alej^ander  Henry,  of 
Philadelphia,  the  venerable  and  devoted  President  of 
the  American  Sunday  School  Union,  and  an  Elder  in 
the  Central  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  gradu?^-ed 
from  Middlebury  College,  Yermont,  in  August,  lb  14, 
and  from  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  N.  J.,  in 
]816.  Having  received  and  declined  invitations  to 
several  Churches,  he  linally  accepted  a  unanimous  call 
from  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Columlna,  S.  C, 
where  he  was  ordained  and  installed  in  1818  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Harmony.  It  was  at  the  close  of  his 
fifth  year  of  labor  in  Columbia  that  Dr.  Henry  re- 
ceived a  unanimous  call  to  this  Church. 

In  the  first  and  second  years  of  his  ministry  in 
Charleston,  considerable  additions  were  made  to  the 
Church ;  but  in  the  third,  a  blessed  effusion  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  was  enjoyed. 

On  the  first  of  October,  1827,  when  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  perfect  health,  he  was  suddenly  seized  with 
the  "  stranger's  fever,"  then  prevalent  in  the  city, 
which  in  four  days  terminated  his  valuable  life,  at  the 
early  age  of  thirty-seven. 

After  the  melancholy  death  of  Dr.  Henry,  the 
Church  remained  two  years  without  a  pastor,  though 
faithfully  supphed  by  the  Kev.  Benjamin  Gildersleeve, 
and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Leland.  Various  and  unsuccessful 
efforts  were  made  to  secure  a  suitable  minister.  In 
June,  1828,  the  Rev.  Alonzo  Church,  of  Georgia,  re- 
ceived a  call  which  he  declined.  In  September,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Kirk  was  elected  pastor,  but  he  also  refused 
to  come.     In  February,  1820,  the  Rev.  William  Ash- 


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mead,  being  in  Charleston  on  account  of  his  health,, 
received  a  call,  which  he  accepted,  and  was  in  May 
installed  pastor.  On  June  7th,  he  obtained  leave  of 
absence  for  the  summer,  with  the  intention  of  bring- 
ing his  family,  but  he  died  on  his  return,  to  Philadel- 
phia, December  2nd,  1S29,  having  been  connected  with 
this  Church  but  little  more  than  six  months,  of  which 
he  was  absent  more  than  four. 

Mr.  Ashmead  was  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1797  • 
was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
in  1818.  He  studied  for  the  Gospel  ministry  under 
the  Kev.  James  P.  Wilson,  the  friend  of  Dr.  Flinn, 
who  published  his  memoir.  Mr.  Ashmead  was  com- 
pelled to  teach  by  day,  and  study  by  night,  and  thus 
laid  the  foundation  of  his  future  infirmities.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  1820.  He  received  a  call  from 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Lancaster,  where  he 
labored  for  more  than  eight  years  previous  to  his  call 
to  this  Church. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Ashmead,  the  Church  sat 
in  her  widowhood  for  several  years,  receiving  her 
food  from  occasional  supplies,  especially  from  her 
tried  friend,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Gildersleeve.  In  August 
1830,  the  Rev.  Alexander  Aikman  received  an  un- 
successful call.  In  April  1831,  a  similar  call  was  pre- 
sented to  the  Rev.  J,  B.  Waterbury. 

The  above  sketch  is  condensed  from  "  The  History 
of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,"  by  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Smyth,  D.  D.,  who  was  called  to  this  Church 
in  April  1832.  He  was  born  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  on 
on  the  llth  of  June,  1808,  and  was  educated  at  Bel- 


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fast  College,  from  which  he  graduated  with  distin- 
guished liouors.  He  prosecuted  his  theological  studies 
at  Highbury  College,  in  London.  Compelled  to  rehn- 
quish  his  studies,  on  account  of  failing  health,  he 
followed  the  guiding  hand  of  Providence  across  the 
■seas  to  the  shores  of  the  New  World.  Arriving  in 
1830,  he  was  leceived  under  the  care  of  the  Newark 
Presbytery,  N.  J,,  and  entered  the  Senior  Class  of 
Princeton  Seminary.  Before  graduating  he  received 
an  invitation  to  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church, 
Charleston,  S.  C,  and  entered  upon  his  ministerial 
labors  in  1  S3 1.  His  long  and  useful  ministry  began 
and  ended  with  this  favored  people.  In  August  1832, 
lie  received  a  permanent  call,  and  was  installed  by  the 
Charleston  Union  Presbytery,  December  29th,  1834. 
His  ministry  extended  over  a  period  of  forty  years. 
To  this  Church  of  his  "  tirst  love,"  he  consecrated  all 
of  his  energies.  "  For  her,"  he  said,  "  I  have  given  my- 
self, and  all  that  I  have — my  time,  talents,  acquisi- 
tions, substance  and  strength.  For  her  I  have  lived 
and  toiled,  prayed  and  suffered,  and  for  her  I  would 
willingly  lay  down  my  life."  He  declined  compli- 
mentary and  enticing  calls  in  every  direction,  from 
the  College,  the  Seminary,  and  the  Editorial  Chair, 
raying : — "  I  am  determined  to  live  and  die  with 
my  people."  He  was  an  indefatigable  student  and 
author,  and  published,  in  all,  about  thirty  volumes, 
embracing  almost  every  subject  of  public  interest. 

Probably  more  than  a  thousand  members,  white  and 
colored,  were  added  to  the  Church  during  his  minis- 
try, and  more  that  thirty  became  ministers  of  the  Gos- 


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pel.  The  Cliurcli  was  visited  with  several  gracious 
outpourings  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  as  the  result  of 
one  great  revival,  there  were  over  one  hundred  acces- 
sions. The  religious  zeal  awakened  in  1854  led  to  the 
organization  of  the  Glebe  Street  Church,  to  which 
this  Church  contributed  thirty  devoted  members,  in- 
cluding three  of  its  most  active  Elders.  The  flour- 
ishing congregation  of  tlie  Central  Presbyterian 
Church  was  largely  the  result  of  the  liberality,  activity 
and  devotion  of  those  who,  in  1823,  went  out  from 
tins  Church,  and  united  with   others  in  its  formation. 

In  the  prime  of  his  manhood,  Dr.  Smyth  was  stricken 
with  paralysis,  and  in  1853,  while  on  his  return  from 
the  General  Assembly,  he  was  again  stricken  so  se- 
verely that,  for  a  time,  all  hopes  of  his  life  were  given 
up.  His  indomitable  energy  of  will,  with  the  divine 
blessing,  however,  sustained  him,  and  though  ever 
after  a  cripple,  he  persevered  to  the  end  in  the  work 
to  which  he  had  devoted  his  life,  and  on  the  20th  of 
August,  18Y3,  he  quietly  entered  into  his  rest.  His 
last  thoughts  were  for  the  people  of  his  love,  for 
whom  he  was  struggling  to  deliver  his  dying  message. 

It  deserves  to  be  mentioned  here  that  Dr.  Smyth 
was  assisted  at  different  periods  of  his  ministry,  when 
disqualified  by  infirmity  for  discharging  its  functions, 
by  the  following  ministers,  whose  faithful  labors  are 
held  in  grateful  remembrance :  Rev.  Henry  M. 
Smith,  D.  D.,  Rev.  D.  L.  Buttolph,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Fer- 
dinand Jacobs,  D.  D.,  Rev.  James  McDowell  and 
Rev.  Hampden  C.  DuBose,  D.  D. 

In  May,  1871,  the  Rev.  Gilbert  R.  Brackett,  D.  D., 
'2 


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was  called  to  supply  the  vacant  pulpit,  and  on  June 
16,  1872,  was  installed  pastor,  which  office  he  stills 
holds  and  tills  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  a  united 
and  loving  people. 

Under  his  administration  the  Church  has  continued 
to  prosper,  both  spiritually  and  temporally.  At  al- 
most every  Communion  there  have  been  large  acces- 
sions to  the  Church,  principally  from  among  the 
younger  members  of  the  congregation.  The  temporal 
and  tinancial  affairs  of  the  Church  are  in  good  condi- 
tion, with  all  debts  and  outstanding  obligations  paid 
in  full,  as  the  congregation  have  always  responded 
promptly  and  liberally  to  Dr.  Brackett's  faithful  and 
eloquent  presentation  of  the  duty  and  privilege  of 
honoring  the  Lord  with  their  substance. 


THE  BUILDINGS, 

This  venerable  edifice  was  completed  in  1811,  and  the 
congregation  struggled  with  a  heavy  debt  until  1824, 
when  this  beautiful  temple,  says  Dr.  Smyth,  "  at  the 
cost  of  more  than  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  was 
delivered  free  from  all  incumbrances,  by  the  energy, 
union,  and  concerted  liberality  of  its  founders.  No 
other  fault  could  be  found  with  a  Church,  so  grand  in 
its  simplicity,  its  perfect  proportions  and  whole  ar- 
rangements, but  its  immense  size.  And  it  is  with  much 
pleasure  and  gratification  I  testify  to  the  readiness 
and   the   needful   liberality   with  which  it  entered  in 


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1833  upon  that  series  of  alterations,  which  has  ter- 
minated so  beneficially  in  the  present  greatly  im- 
proved condition  and  aspect  of  the  Church,"  The  ca- 
]3acity  of  the  building  "svas  diminished  by  lowering  the 
■ceiling,  raising  the  floor,  and  taking  sufficient  space 
from  the  front  to  make  a  convenient  vestibule,  and  a 
■commodious  room  above  which  could  be  used  as  a 
Sunday-school  and  lecture  room,  and  library. 

It  was  found,  in  1874,  that  a  new  roof  was  needed 
for  the  safety  and  preservation  of  the  building,  and 
the  sum  of  $6,000  was  raised  in  a  time  of  great  finan- 
cial stringency.  In  his  handsome  tribute  to  our 
"  noble  ladies,"  President  Simonton  said :  that  the 
work  could  not  have  Ijeen  finished  without  their  eren- 
erous  co-operation."  The  amount  raised  by  them  was 
about  $1,800. 

In  the  great  cyclone  of  August  27th,  1818,  this 
Church  sustained  considerable  injury  ;  the  lead  that 
covered  the  top  of  the  roof,  with  a  considerable  por- 
tion of  the  slate,  were  raised  and  carried  away,  and 
some  of  the  sashes  of   the  windows  were  blown  away. 

In  1885,  when  other  churches  were  seriously  dam- 
aged by  the  cyclone,  ours  received  a  comparatively 
slight  injury. 

In  the  memorable  earthquake  of  1886,  which  threat- 
ened the  city  with  destruction,  this  Church  was  dam- 
aged to  the  amount  of  $6,000,  but  through  the  kind 
and  generous  benefaction  of  friends  abroad,  from 
both  South  and  North,  chiefly  from  the  latter,  we 
were  enabled,  speedily,  to  restore  our  shattered  walls. 

On  August  27th,  1893,  this   Church  again   suffered 


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severely  from  the  most  destructive  cyclone  that  has 
ever  visited  our  loved  city.  The  building  was  com- 
pletely unroofed  on  the  north  side,  the  pews  and 
organ  deluged  with  water,  and  the  whole  ceiling  so 
damaged  as  to  necessitate  its  removal.  The  sum  re- 
quired to  restore  the  building  was  $3,300,  which  was 
partially  covered  by  an  insurance  of  $1,300, 

Steps  were  immediately  taken  to  repair  the  dam- 
ages, and  on  November  26th,  divine  service  was  re- 
sumed in  the  renovated  Church.  During  the  repairs 
Sabbath  services  were  held  in  the  Sunday-school 
building. 

Of  the  $2,000  required  to  li(piidate  the  debt  in- 
curred, $1,800  was  raised  by  a  single  collection,  on 
December  10th,  1893. 

Previous  to  the  time  of  Dr.  Henry,  the  weekly  lec- 
tures were  delivered,  and  the  prayer- meeting  held  at 
private  residences,  but  in  January,  182-1,  at  the  ur- 
gency of  Dr.  Henry,  the  corporation  procured  a 
temporary  building  in  St.  Philip  street.  A  lot  of 
land  was,  however,  soon  leased  in  Black  Bird's  alley, 
(now  Burns'  lane,)  at  fifty  dollars  per  annum,  and  a 
Lecture  Room  erected  through  the  efforts  of  the 
ladies  of  the  congregation,  at  a  cost  of  about  seven 
hundred  dollars.  But  this  building  being  too  small, 
and  the  location  unfavorable,  it  was  resolved  in  1835,, 
to  procure  a  more  suitable  building  in  a  more  eligible 
situation. 

A  beautiful  and  more  creditable  edifice  was 
erected  in  Society  street,  and  dedicated  in  March, 
1837.      This  Lecture-Poom  was  destroyed  in  the  great 


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fire  of  1838.  It  was  afterwards  rebuilt  and  subse- 
quently sold.  It  was  in  these  Lecture-Rooms  that  Dr. 
Smyth  delivered  to  crowded  audiences  his  masterly 
discourses  on  ^'Apostolic  Succession''''  and  '■'■Preshytevy 
and  Prelacy,^''  which  were  afterwards  published  and 
used  as  text  books  in  Theological  Seminaries. 

In  1881  the  need  of  a  new  and  more  convenient 
Sunday-school  buildins^  was  beginning  to  be  deeply 
felt,  and  steps  were  taken  to  procure  funds  for  its 
erection,  resulting  in  the  organization  of  a  society 
called  the  "Sunday-School  Workers,"  composed 
mainly  of  members  of  the  Sunday-school,  which  in 
the  course  of  nine  years,  raised  nearly  $3,000.  The 
first  President  of  the  Society  was  Mrs.  Mary  T,  Robin- 
son, who  was  called  away  in  the  midst  of  her  devoted 
labor.  She  was  succeeded  by  Mrs.  James  Allan,  who 
prosecuted  the  work  with  equal  energy   and  zeal. 

The  Society  was  dissolved  when  the  building  was 
completed.  In  November,  1881,  a  lot  was  purchased 
at  a  cost  of  $1,207.25.  The  elegant  building  was  com- 
pleted at  a  cost  of  $10,456,  and  dedicated  May,  1887. 


SKETCH  OF  THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 


The  Sunday  School  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  was  organized  in  the 
year  1818,  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo.  E.  Hahnbaum.  It 
was  the  second  Sunday  School  organized  in  this  city. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hahnbaum   were   both   members   of 


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the  Congregational  (or  Circular)  Church,  of  Charles- 
ton, and  they  had  about  two  years  previous,  started, 
in  connection  with  that  Church,  the  tirst  Sunday 
School  in  the  city.  This  attracted  the  attention  of 
some  of  the  members  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  an  invitation  was  extended  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hahnbaum  to  start  a  school  there.  They  con- 
sented, and  organized  it  in  1818. 

The  first  Superintendent  of  the  School  was  Mr. 
George  E.  Hahnbaum  himself,  Mrs.  Hahnbaum  being 
his  assistant.  It  was  organized  as  distinct  from  the 
Church,  and  was  not  at  that  time  under  the  direction 
of  Session.  For  this  and  other  reasons  Rev.  Dr. 
Andrew  Flinn,  Pastor  of  the  Church  at  first  opposed 
it,  regarding  the  work  as  too  secular  in  its  nature. 
But  he  soon  became  convinced  of  its  usefulness,  and 
was  ever  afterwards  its  zealous  supporter.  He 
preached  a  sermon  to  the  children  on  the  first  anni- 
versary of  the  School. 

The  first  meeting  place  for  the  School  was  in  the 
South  Gallery  of  the  Church,  which  then  aiforded 
ample  accommodation  for  all  attendants. 

After  the  School  M^as  firmly  established  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hahnbaum  returned  to  the  Circular  Church  and 
to  their  work  there.  This  was  about  the  year  1822,. 
and  the  Rev.  Basil  Gildersleeve  was  elected  Superin- 
tendent of  the  School. 

Mr.  (afterwards  Dr.)  Gildersleeve  remained  a& 
Superintendent  for  seventeen  years.  In  the  year  1838,, 
we  find  from  the  Manual  of  the  Church  then  pub- 
lished,   that    the    Assistant    Superintendent    of    the 


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School  was  Mr.  Cliarles  S.  Siinonton,  Dr.  Gilder- 
sleeve  taught  the  Female  Bible  Class.  Mrs.  Isaac 
Johnson  was  the  Female  Superintendent,  with  Mi's. 
Ann  Caldwell  as  Assistant.  Miss  Susan  Ruberry 
was  teacher  of  the  Infant  Class,  and  James  W.  Still- 
man,  Secretary,  Librarian  and  Treasurer. 

There  were  thirteen  male  teachers  of  the  School  as 
follows  : 

John  Vardell,  Robert  Tweed,  • 

C.  S.  Simonton,  Wm.  P.  Levy, 

D.  W.  Harrison,  John  Pascoe, 

C.  P.  Frazer,  G.  W.  Patterson, 

Robert  L.  Church,  John  Dewees. 

Rev.  B.  Gildersleeve,  Female  Bible  Class. 

C.  J.  Sparks,  Assistant  Teacher. 

Thomas  R.  Vardell,  Male  Bible  Class. 

The  other  female  teachers  of  the  School  were  twelve 
in  number,  as  follows  : 

Miss  Margaret  Bennett,       Miss  Phillippa  Burney, 
Miss  Hannah  P.  Raymond,  Miss  Susan  D.  Adger, 
Miss  Susan  Vardell,  Miss  Mary  A.  Stillman, 

Miss  Eliza  Auld,  Miss  S.  Anthony, 

Miss  Gardenia  Gibbs,  Miss  Susan  Bell, 

Mrs.  S.  Robertson,  Miss  Ursula  Nell. 

There  was  also  besides  a  Sabbath  School  for  colored 
persons  held  after  the  morning  service. 

Dr.  Gildersleeve  continued  in  charge  of  the  School 
until  1839.     His    ministerial  duties  then  interfering 


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with  those  of  Superintendent,  he  resigned  and  Mr. 
Thomas  E..  Vardell  was  elected  as  Superintendent. 
He  continued  in  office  until  his  death,  in  1850,  and 
under  his  management  the  School  flourished.  During 
the  revival  of  1846  one  hundred  and  thirty  from  the 
Sunday-School  joined  the  Church.  Mr.  Yardell  was 
a  great  singer,  and  paid  especial  attention  to  the  music 
of  the  School. 

About  this  time  Miss  Susan  Vardell  became  the 
teacher  of  the  Infant  Class.  She  remained  in  charge 
of  it  for  very  many  years,  and  it  prospered  in  her 
hands.  Many  now  connected  with  the  Church  re- 
member being  her  pupils. 

In  1850,  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Yardell,  Mr.  W.  H. 
Beach,  a  gentleman  from  the  North,  but  a  merchant 
of  this  city,  was  elected  Superintendent.  His  Assist- 
ant Superintendent  was  Major  R.  C.  Gilchrist.  The 
School  was  very  prosperous  under  this  administration. 
Mr.  Beach  was  also  a  fine  musician,  and  gave  great 
attention  to  the  music  and  singing  of  the  School.  The 
attendance  was  very  large,  running  up  some  times  to 
as  many  as  three  hundred  present.  After  serving  a 
little  over  two  years  Mr.  Beach's  store  in  Ilayne  street, 
was  burned,  and  he  returned  to  the  North. 

At  this  time  the  rules  for  the  government  of  the 
School  were  changed,  and  the  School  was  placed  under 
the  direct  control  of  the  Session  of  the  Church.  The 
policy  was  at  the  same  time  instituted  of  having  an 
Elder  as  Superintendent.  In  April,  1853,  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Adger,  an  Elder,  was  elected  Superintendent, 
.with  Major  Gilchrist  as  Assistant.     The   School  then 


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numbered  forty  teachers,  witli  over  three  hundred 
scholars  on  the  roD.  One  thousand  vohnnes  were 
added  to  the  Liljrary  and  properly  catalogued. 

Mr.  William  Adger  died  in  New  York,  in  Decem- 
ber, 1S53.  The  next  year  Major  K.  C.  Gilchrist  was 
elected  Superintendent,  with  Mr.  James  Dillingham 
as  Assistant.     They  were  both  Elders  of  the   Church. 

At  this  period  the  School  was  very  prosperous.  The 
Church  Manual,  published  in  1854,  shows  that  the 
Superintendent  was  Major  Robt.  C.  Gilchrist.  The 
Yice-Superintendent  was  Mr.  James  Dillingham. 
There  were  also  two  female  Vice-Superintendents,  Mrs. 
Isaac  Johnson  and  Miss  Susan  D.  Adger.  The  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer  was  Mr.  William  Dewees ;  the 
Librarians,  Mr.  J,  Ellison  Adger  and  Mr.  A.  McD. 
Brown.  The  Male  Bible  Class  teachers  were  Messrs. 
A.  F.  Browning  and  Charles  H.  Simonton.  and  the 
Female  Bible  Class  teachers  were  Mrs.  Thomas  Smyth 
and  Mrs.  S.  J.  Robinson.  The  Infant  Class  teachers 
were  Misses  C.  Johnson  and  Gracia  Lanneau. 

The  School  at  that  time  also  had  a  "Visitor"  reeu- 
larly  elected,  whose  duty  it  was  to  visit  the  absentees, 
and  this  position  was  at  that  time  filled  most  accepta- 
bly, and  with  great  good  to  the  School,  by  Mr.  C.  P. 
Frazer. 

There  were  eleven  other  male  teachei's,  as  follows  : 
James  Dillingham,  E.  Phillips, 

George  S.  Cook,  J.  V.  Lyon, 

James  S.  Roberts,  George  H.  Moffett, 

George  E.  Clark,  C.  H.  Browning, 

Dr.  John  Anderson,  Mr.  Hunter, 


W.  A.  Shepard, 


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There  were  sixteen  other  female  teachers,  as  follows  : 

Mrs.  George  H.  Moffett,  Miss  Jane  A.  Adger, 

Mrs.  Browning,  Miss  Mary  Moiiett, 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Lannean,  Miss  Louisa  Smith, 

Mrs.  Peter  Lanneau,  Miss  Mary  Fanning, 

Mrs.  Steedman,  Miss  Eliz'h  H.  Dewees, 

Miss  Mary  Brown,  Miss  Ann  Robertson, 

Miss  Anna  Simonton,  Miss  M.  Dewees, 

Miss  Lonisa  Dukes,  Miss  Sarah  Steele. 


Mr.  Dillingham  served  as  Assistant  Superintendent 
for  ten  years,  and  until  his  death,  about  1864,  when 
Mr.  C.  N.  Averill  was  elected  Assistant  Superin- 
tendent in  his  place. 

The  School  continued  under  the  charge  of  Major 
Gilchrist,  assisted  by  Mr.  0.  N.  Averill,  with  his 
excellent  musical  gifts,  for  thirty  years,  and  during 
that  period  prospered  in  every  way.  The  attendance 
was  large  and  regular,  and  there  were  very  many 
additions  to  the  Church  from  among  the  scholars. 

The  position  of  Female  Superintendent  continued 
until  after  the  war.  The  duties  attached  to  the  posi- 
tion were  to  take  the  census  of  the  School,  see  that 
the  classes  were  kept  up  in  numbers,  and  look  after 
the  general  order  of  the  School.  On  the  re-organiza- 
tion  of  the  School  after  the  war.  Miss  Anna  Simonton 
was  elected  to  the  position,  which  she  tilled  very 
acceptably  for  many  years.  This  otRce  was  discon- 
tinued for  a  long  time,  and  revived  in  1894,  and  Miss 
Sarah  Annie  Smyth  elected. 


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In  1883,  both  Major  E.  C.  Gilchrist  and  Mr.  C.  N. 
Averill  resigned.  For  some  time  the  School 
remained  without  any  regular  Superintendent ;  but  the 
exercises  were  carried  on  under  the  efficient  charge  of 
Mr.  Frank  F.  Whilden.  Special  mention  deserves  to 
be  made  of  the  devoted  labors  of  our  lainented  Elder, 
A.  R.  Stillman,  who  was  elected  Superintendent  and 
consented  to  till  the  office  for  a  limited  term. 

In  January,  1885,  Mr.  Augustine  T.  Smjtlie  was 
elected  Superintendent,  Mr.  F.  F.  Whilden,  Assistant,, 
Mr.  Hall  T.  McGee,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  and  Mr. 
John  W.  Robson,  Assistant  Secretary  and  Librarian. 
.Miss  Gracia  Lanneau  having  resigned  her  charge  of 
the  Infant  Class,  which  she  had  held,  with  great  accept 
ance,  for  thirty  years,  on  account  of  her  failing  health. 
Mrs.  Mary  S.  Whilden  was  elected  her  successor, 
assisted  by  Miss  Mary  Whilden  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Gard- 
ner. Mr.  J.  Adger  Smyth  took  charge  of  the  Male 
Bible  Class  and  to  Mrs.  Geo.  H.  Moffett,  Miss  Jane 
Ann  Adger  and  Mrs.  Mary  R.  McD.  Stickney,  were 
assigned  the  Female  Bible  Classes, 

The  Pastor,  Rev.  G.  R.  Brackett,  D.  D.,  assumed 
the  office  of  Teacher,  and  the  night  service  being  sus- 
pended, began  to  lecture  on  the  S.  S.  Lesson  to  the 
adults  of  the  Congregation,  thus  realizing  what  Dr. 
Smyth  so  earnestly  desired  and  advocated,  a  "  Teach- 
ing Service  for  the  whole  Church."  The  Pastor's 
Class-room  will  accommodate  about  seventy,  and  is 
usually  well  tilled  with  members  of  his  Congregation 
and  strangers. 

The  children  are  trained   to   habits   of  systematic 


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beneficence,  by  contributing  to  all  the  Causes  of  the 
Church,  and  to  other  benevolent  objects.  The  results 
of  six  years  experiment  in  our  new  building,  with  con- 
venient class-rooms,  and  a  service  of  instrumental 
music  and  song,  justifies  the  change  made  in  our 
Church  Services.  Since  the  discontinuance  of  the 
night  service  and,  the  concentration  of  the  whole 
strength  of  the  Church  in  S.  S.  work,  the  membership 
of  the  Church  has  nearly  doubled  itself.  These 
changes  in  the  organization  and  management  of  the 
School,  are  due  to  the  practical  wisdom  and  adminis- 
trative al)ility  of  the  Superintendent,  Hon.  A.  T. 
Smythe.  The  School  owes  its  success  largely  to  the 
service  of  song  and  the  orchestral  accompaniment. 
The  singing  is  led  by  a  gifted  and  enthusiastic  vocalist, 
Mr.  F.  F.  Whilden,  and  the  orchestra  is  conducted  by 
iin  accomplished  musician,  Mr.  Lawrence  S.  Reynolds. 

In  October,  1893,  Mr.  A.  T.  Smythe,  who,  for 
«ight  years  had  filled  the  office  of  Superintendent 
with  remarkable  ability  and  energy,  was  compelled, 
with  great  reluctance,  to  resign  on  account  of  his 
health.  The  following  December,  Mr.  Hall  T. 
McGee,  who,  during  the  same  period,  had  discharged 
the  office  of  Secretary  with  equal  fidelity,  also  re- 
signed. 

Mr.  Frank  F.  Whilden  was  then  elected  Superin- 
tendent, and  Mr.  John  AV.  Robson,  Secretary,  and 
Mr.  Robt.  A.  Smyth,  Assistant  Secretary. 


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THE  LADIES'  EDUCATION  SOCIETY. 

This  Society  which  has  for  its  object  the  education 
of  candidates  for  the  Gospel  Ministry,  was  organized 
by  the  "Rev.  A.  Boies,  in  1821.  It  began  with  thirty 
members,  and  an  income  of  about  $150.  During  the 
Ministry  of  Dr.  Henry,  the  number  increased  to  sixty- 
seven,  and  its  income  to  $180.  After  the  decease  of 
Dr.  Henry,  the  Church  having  no  settled  pastorate, 
the  Society  declined.  In  1832,  when  Dr.  Smyth  began 
his  ministry,  it  numbered  only  forty-seven  members.. 
From  that  time  it  continued  to  enlarge,  both  in  its 
membership  and  income. 

Dr.  Smyth  took  a  deep  interest  in  this  Society  and 
encouraged  and  stimulated  its  members  by  frequent 
attendance  upon  its  meeting,  and  stirring  addresses. 

This  Society  has  aided  nearly  fifty  students  in  their 
Theological  Course,  aiul  raised  nearly  $40,000.  From 
1(S33  to  1837,  four  years,  it  contributed,  in  addition  to 
money  raised  for  the  support  of  candidates,  $2,000  to 
the  General  Assembly's  Board  of  Education.  It  has 
also  made  donations  to  the  amount  of  $3,000  to  our 
Theological  Seminary  at  Columbia,  S.  C.  It  has  had 
as  many  as  six  l)eneficiaries  at  one  time,  and  usually 
has  three  or  four.  Two  hundred  dollars  annually  is 
given  to  each  student. 

During  the  war,  the  work  of  the  Society  was  sus- 
pended, and  it  was  immediately  after  the  war  revived, 
through  the  generous  assistance  of  Mr.  J.  N.  Robson, 
who,  for  several  years  annually,  contributed  the  sum 
of  $300. 


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LIST  OF  OFFICERS. 


PRESIDENTS. 

Mrs.  Alexander  Black 1821—1823 

Mrs.  T.  Charlton  Henry ]824— 1827 

IMrs.  —  Gibbs 1828 — 1829 

Mrs.  Isaac  Johnson 1830 — 1833 

Mrs.  Thomas  Smyth 1840—1884 

Mrs.  G.  R.  Brackett 1884    

FIRST  VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

3Irs.  Samuel  Robertson 1323—1824 

3Irs.  W.  A.  McDowell 1824—1825 

Mrs.  S.  Robertson 1825—1826 

Mrs.  John  Robinson 1826-1827 

Mrs.  William  Johnson 1827—1828 

Mrs.  A.  Black 1828—1829 

Mrs.  Isaac  Johnson 1829—1830 

Mrs.  Alexander  Brown 1830 — 1833 

Mrs.  R  Gibbs 1833— 

Mrs.  S.  Robertson 1840— 

SECOND  VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Mrs.  S.  Robertson 1824—1825 

Mrs.  Isaac  Johnson 1825—1827 

Mrs.  R.  Gibbs 1827— 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY. 

Miss  M.  Robinson 1828—1833 

RECORDING  SECRETARIES. 

Mrs.  R.  Beggs 1828—1829 

Miss  Marchant 1829—1830 

SECRETARIES  AND  TREASURERS. 

Miss  E.  Robertson 1823—1828 

Jane  R.  Robertson 1828—1829 

Mrs.  —  Pringle 1C29— 1830 


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Miss  M.  M.  Adger •: 1830—1833 

Mrs.  Thomas  Smyth 1833—1840 

Miss  Susan   .  Adger 1840-1883 

Miss  Jane  A.  Adger 1883     

PRESENT  OFFICERS, 

Mrs.  G.  R.  Brackett President. 

Miss  Jane  A.  Adger Sec.  and  Treas. 


THE  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 

The  cause  of  Foreign  Missions  has  always  occupied 
the  supreme  place  in  the  benevolent  operations  of  this 
Church,  and  its  largest  collections  have  always  been 
for  this  object.  No  minister  was  ever  more  thoroughly 
imbued  with  the  missionary  spirit  than  Dr.  Smyth. 
"  When  a  student  at  Highbury  College,  pursuing  his 
theological  studies,  he  was  expecting  to  enter  the  mis- 
sionary lield,  under  the  auspices  of  the  London  Mis- 
sionary Society,  but  was  disappointed  by  the  failure  of 
his  health,  and  removal  to  this  country.  Resuming 
his  studies  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  he  was  contemplating  a 
missionary  tour  to  Florida,  when  he  received  an  invita- 
tion to  supply  the  pulpit  of  this  Church.  He  was  for 
many  years  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign 
Missions,  in  the  Synod  of  South  Carolina.  It  was 
while  he  was  zealously  discharging  the  duties  of  this 
office  that  he  prepared  those  soul-stirring  missionary 
discourses,  entitled,  "  The  Conversion  of  the  World  ;" 
"  Faith,  the  Principle  of  Missions^''  and  "  Obedience, 
the  Life  of  Missions,''''  which  were  preached  before  the 
Synod,  and  published  by  their  order.     He  preached 


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and  jDublislied  several  earnest  discourses  on  '*  Juvenile 
Missionary  Effort.''''  He  argued  that,  "  as  a  mis- 
sionary s])irit  is  the  most  essential  characteristic  of 
Christianity,  and  as  baptized  cliildren  are  members  of 
the  visible  Church,  and  ought  to  be  educated  as 
Christians ;  therefore  tliey  should  be  taught  to  pray, 
to  give  and  labor  for  the  cause  of  missions." 

In  1832,  before  his  installation,  lie  organized  a 
Juvenile  Missionary  Society,  which  held  its  meetings 
quarterly,  and  in  the  same  year  he  commenced  the 
publication  of  a  juvenile  missionary  paper. 

One  effect  of  this  missionary  zeal  was  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  flourishing  Sabbath  School,  and  a  Cliurcli  at 
Graniteville,  S.  C,  sustained  by  members  of  this 
Church  until  it  was  merged  into  other  Churches  estab- 
lished there. 

"  The  amount  contributed  by  this  Church  from  1832 
to  1  So-i  to  the  cause  of  foreign  missions,  to  the  endow- 
ment of  the  Theological  Seminary,  and  of  Ogletliorpe 
University,  and  to  home  evangelization,"  said  Dr. 
Smyth,  "  has  been  such  as  to  esta1)lish  a  character  for 
liberality  and  missionary  zeal,  which,  1  hope,  will  be 
perpetuated  in  your  future  history."  We  may  add, 
that  this  libei'ality  and  missionary  zeal  has  never 
abated. 

The  Missionary  Society,  no  longer  confined  to  the 
children,  was  reorganized  under  the  present  pastorate, 
and  for  many  years  the  average  collections  amounted 
to  $240  annually.  Several  years  ago  the  Society  un- 
dertook the  support  of  a  Lady  Missionary,  at  a  salary 
of  $600. 


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The  Urst  officers  of  this  Society  after  its  organization 
were  :  Mrs.  G.  R.  Brackett,  President,  and  Miss  Susan 
D.  A.  Smyth,  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  The  present 
officers  are :  Mrs.  S.  G.  Stoney,  President,  and  Miss 
Sarah  P.  Smyth,  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  The  meet- 
ings are  held  on  the  last  Saturday  of  each  month. 


THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE'S  SOCIETY  OF  CHRISTIAiN 
ENDEAVOR. 

This  Society  was  organized  in  October,  1893,  and 
meets  each  week  on  Tuesday  night.  President, 
James  P.  Williams.  Secretary,  Miss  Jessie  Allan. 
The  officers  are  elected  semi-annually. 


WORK  AMONG  THE  COLORED  PEOPLE. 

This  Church  always  manifested  a  deep,  and  affection- 
ate interest  in  the  religious  instruction  of  the  colored 
people,  who  filled  the  galleries  of  the  Church,  and 
largely  composed  its  membership,  at  one  time  num- 
bering two  hundred.  During  his  forty  years'  minis- 
try, Dr.  Smyth  was  accustomed  to  prepare  sermons 
with  reference  to  their  instruction,  and  held  a  special 
service  for  them  during  the  week,  and,  as  a  pastor, 
kindly  ministered  to  their  spiritual  wants,  especially 
in  sickness  and  sorrow.  He  was  a  warm  supporter  of 
the  Zion  Colored  Church,  in  Anson  Street,  in  this 
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city,  and  of  the  Rev,  J.  L.  Girardeau,  D.  D.,  in  his 
ministry  to  this  people.  At  the  time  -.ve  now  refer 
to,  this  Church  furnished  a  dozen  teacliers  for  tlie  col- 
ored Sunday  School  in  Anson  Street.  "  The  erection 
of  a  beautiful  and  commodious  editice  for  the  special 
accommodation  of  the  colored  people,  the  employ- 
ment of  an  able  minister  to  labor  among  them,  and 
the  self-denial  with  which  some  have  persevered  in 
imparting  to  them  catechetical  instruction,"  said  Dr. 
Smyth,  "  will  ever  be  to  your  praise."  Reference  is 
here  made  to  the  church  in  Calhoun  street,  to  which 
the  growing  congregation  in  Anson  Street  removed, 
and  where  nmltitudes  of  colored  peoj^le  were  gathered 
into  the  Presbyterian  Church.  The  first  pastor  of 
this  "  Zion  Church,"  as  it  was  called,  was  the  Rev. 
John  B.  Adger,  D.  D.,  for  twelve  years  a  zealous 
missionary  in  Smyrna,  and  who  lal)ored  among  this 
peo^^le  w^ith  equal  devotion  ;  for  several  months  after 
the  resignation  of  Dr.  Adger,  the  church  was  sup- 
plied by  the  Rev.  Ferdinand  Jacobs,  D.  D.,  when  the 
Rev.  John  L.  Girardeau,  D.  D.,  entered  upon  his  long 
and  useful  ministry  among  this  people.  His  deep  in- 
terest in  the  religious  welfare  of  the  colored  people  led 
him  to  consecrate  many  years  of  toil  and  great  abili- 
ties to  their  instruction." 

This  valuable  building  on  Calhoun  Street  is  now  in 
the  hands  of  a  Board  of  Trustees,  and  is  gratuitously 
furnished  to  the  colored  people  as  a  place   of  worship. 


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WORK  AMONG  THE  WALDENSES. 

A  Society  in  aid  of  the  Waldenses  in  Europe  was 
formed  in  185-i,  in  response  to  a  visit  from  Rev.  Mons. 
Revel,  from  Italy,  to  aid  their  Theological  Seminary. 
$250  annually  was  pledged  to  support  one  of  the 
Vaudois  pastors. 

This  Society  has  had  no  existence  since  the  civil 
war. 


'UjTJJLj'HIS 

FOR 

THE  TEMPORAL  GOVERNMENT 

OF 

THE  CHURCH. 


K  E  P  O  R  T. 


The  committee  appointed  at  the  recent  anniversary 
meeting,  to  revise  the  Rules  for  the  Grovernment  of 
the  Corporation  of  this  Church,  beg  leave  to  state  that 
they  proceeded  to  the  consideration  of  the  duty  as- 
signed, and,  after  a  careful  examination  of  the  rules 
by  which  the  Association  and  Corporation  have  been 
heretofore  governed,  have  unanimously  adopted  the 
following  revision  ;  and  recommend  that  they  be  con- 
firmed by  this  meeting.  Before  submitting  them, 
however,  for  your  consideration,  tliey  ask  to  present  a 
sketch  of  the  origin  of  the  Association,  and  its  suljse- 
quent  connection  with  the  Corporation,  for  the  infor- 
mation of  a  large  portion  of  the  pew-holders,  who  are 
not  familiar  with  its  formation — which  will  explain 
the  reason  why  two  distinct  bodies  should  have  existed 
at  the  same  time,  to  both  of  which  were.reserved  cer- 
tain privileges  and  rights. 

In  the  year  1823  a  large  del)t  had  accunmlated, 
which  the  Corporation  was  unable  to  meet.  A  number 


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of  gentlemen  united  to  raise  a  fund  to  extricate  the 
Church  from  its  difficulties,  formed  themselves  into  an 
Association  for  that  purpose,  and  did  extinguish  the 
debt  of  the  Church  on  certain  conditions, which  gave  to 
them  the  exclusive  control  and  management  of  the 
Church  in  all  matters  relating  to  its  temporal  affairs, 
such  as  fixing  salaries,  pew  rents,  etc.,  and  in 
all  elections  of  proprietors  thej  voted  according 
to  the  amount  subscribed  by  each,  viz :  from 
one  to  eight  votes,  at  all  meetings  of  the  Associa- 
tion ;  and,  consequently,  in  all  such  matters  the 
pew-holders,  unless  members  of  the  Association 
were  not  entitled  to  vote.  In  all  elections  for 
pastor  or  clerk  the  pew-holders,  however,  were  entitled 
to  one  vote  each.  Separate  and  distinct  minutes  of 
the  meetings  of  the  Association  and  pew-holders  were 
kept ;  thus  two  l)odies  existed  at  the  same  time,  each 
being  governed  by  its  own  rules,  which  rules  your 
committee  have  been  appointed  to  revise. 

In  May,  1843,  the  Association  voluntarily  relin- 
quished the  rights  they  possessed,  reserving  to  them- 
selves the  exclusive  right  as  an  association  and  as 
stockholders,  to  their  original  privileges  in  all  matters 
relating  to  the  sale  and  disposition  of  Church  prop- 
erty. 

Members  who  have  connected  themselves  with  this 
Church  more  recently,  and  who  are  not  familiar  with 
its  early  history,  have  not  been  able  readily  to  under- 
stand the  application  of  the  rules  for  the  reasons  al- 
ready given. 

After  the  relinquishment  of  the  rights  of  the  asso- 


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ciation,  in  1843,  it  became  necessary  that  a  revision  of 
the  rules  should  be  made,  as  numerous  alterations, 
from  time  to  time,  of  the  original  rules,  by  resolutions 
at  various  meetings,  so  conflicted  with  their  admin- 
istration, as  to  render  it  almost  imj3ossible  to  discrimi- 
nate and  apply  them  ;  consequently  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  revise  and  remodel  the  said  rules,  so  as  to 
simplify  them  if  possible,  and  render  them  more  easy 
of  applicfltion.  That  committee  never  reported,  but 
were  relieved,  and  your  present  committee  was  ap- 
pointed, who  now  beg  leave  to  present  you  with  the 
following  preamble  and  rules  for  the  government  of 
the  corporation  of  this  Church. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

FLEETWOOD  LANNEAU,  Chairman. 

WILLIAM  ADGER, 

J.  S.  CHAMBERS, 

W.  J.  SMITH, 

JOHN  R.  SIMONTON. 


FOK 

TEMPOEAL  GOVERNMENT 

OF    THE 

Corporation  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Chnrcli 

Adopted  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Association  of  Pew-holders. 
May  4,  1852. 


PKEAMBLE. 


Whereas,  tlie  Association  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Churcli,  at  an  anniversary  meeting,  5tli  April,  1843, 
by  resolution  proposed  that  all  pew-holders  not  under 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  who  had  held  a  pew,  or  half 
pew  for  one  year,  and  who  had  paid  their  pew  rents  in 
full,  and  had  signed  the  rules,  should  be  considered  as 
members,  and  be  admitted  to  all  the  privileges  of  the 
Association,  except  in  the  sale  or  disposition  of  the 
Church  property  ;  and 

Whereas  the  Association  did  subsequently,  at  a 
meeting  held  on  the  1st  of  May,  in  same  year,  for- 
mally adopt  the  foregoing  resolution,  by  which  all 
pew-holders  not  under  twenty-one  years  of  age,  who 
had  held  a  jDew  or  half  pew,  for  one  year,  and  who 
had  paid  their  pew  rents  in  full,  and  signed  the  rules, 
were    admitted  members    of  said    Association,    with 


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equal  rights  and  privileges  except  in  matters  relating 
to  the  sale  of  Church  property,  which  onlj  and  prop- 
erly belongs  to  the  Association  as  stockholders  in  the 
same;  be  it,  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  following  rules  l)e  adopted  for 
the  future  government  of  the  Corporation. 

RULE  I. 

Doctrine  and  Government. — The  government 
doctrines  and  discipline  of  the  members  of  this  Church 
shall  be  the  same  as  that  of  the  Presbyterian  Cluirch, 
as  contained  in  the  Confession  of  Faith  and  Form  of 
Church  Government,  established  by  the  General  As- 
sembly of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States,  and  this  rule  shall  be  a  standing  and  funda- 
mental rule. 

RULE  11. 

Right  of  Voting. — Ev^ery  male  pew-holder,  not 
under  twenty-one  years  of  age,  who  has  signed  these 
rules  and  held  a  J^ew,  or  half  pew,  for  twelve  months, 
and  whose  pew  rent  is  fully  paid  up  to  the  Urst  day  of 
the  six  months  in  which  the  meeting  is  held,  shall  be 
entitled  to  consult,  debate  and  vote,  in  all  matters  and 
things  which  may  of  right  be  transacted  by  this  Cor- 
poration. 

Treasurer  to  Rent  Pews— Pews  Declared 
Vacant. — Application  for  pews  shall  be  made  to  the 
Treasurer,  and  the  rents  thereof  shall  be  payable 
rpiarterly ;  but  if  twelve  months'  rent  of  any  pew  re- 
mains  unpaid,    the   Treasurer   shall  serve  the  holder 


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tliereof  with  a  copy  of  this  rule  ;  and  if  not  then  set- 
tled up  he  shall  declare  it  vacant,  and  it  shall  be  at 
the  disposal  of  any  applicant  for  the  same.  But  no 
pew  shall  be  considered  vacant  unless  notice  be  given 
in  writing  to  the  Treasurer,  and  arrearages  paid. 

KLTLE  III. 

Meetings. — How  Called. — All  meetings  of  the 
Corporation  shall  be  called  by  the  President ;  or  any 
seven  pew-holders  may  call  a  meeting,  (should  the 
President  refuse  to  do  so,)  who  are  entitled  to  vote 
under  Rule  II,  and  the  President  shall  preside  at  all 
such  meetings  if  present,  or  in  his  absence,  a  chair- 
man pro  tem.  shall  be  chosen  by  the  members. 

EULE  lY. 

Q,UOrum. — Ten  members  shall  be  a  quorum  for 
the  transaction  of  business ;  but  in  all  elections  for 
Pastor,  two-thirds  of  all  the  male  pew-holders,  who 
are  entitled  under  Rule  II  to  vote,  shall  be  present, 
and  four-fifths  of  that  number  shall  be  required  to 
make  an  election. 

RULE  V. 

Anniversary. — The  annivei'sary,  or  annual  meet- 
ing, of  the  Corporation  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Mon- 
day in  May,  of  every  3^ear. 

Officers— How  elected.— At  this  meeting  a 
President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  shall  be  elected  by 
ballot ;    and  also   a   committee  of  six  members,  who, 


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together  witli  the  President  and  Secretary,  shall  be  a 
Standing  Connnittee. 

No  person,  other  than  a  stockholder,  shall  be  eli- 
gible to  the  office  of  President. 

In  case  of  vacancy  by  death,  resignation  or  other- 
wise, of  any  officer,  the  Corporation  shall,  at  its  next 
meeting,  fill  up  the  vacancy  ;  to  continue  until  the 
next  anniversary. 

On  the  Sabbath  previous  to  the  anniversary,  a  ser- 
mon adapted  to  the  occasion  shall  be  delivered  by  the 
Pastor,  or,  in  the  event  of  the  Church  being  without 
a  Pastor,  by  some  clergyman  appointed  by  the  Session. 

Extra  Meetings. — How  Called. — There  shall 
be  nu  stated  meetings  of  the  Corporation,  except  the 
annual  one,  on  the  first  Monday  in  May ;  but  the 
President  may  call  an  extra  meeting  when  he  thinks 
pi'ojDcr ;  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  call  one  when  he 
has  been  requested  in  writing  by  the  Pastor  and  Ses- 
sion, or  by  any  live  members  of  the  Corporation. 

Absence  of  President,  Etc. — In  case  of  the 
death  or  absence  of  the  President,  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee shall  have  power  to  call  an  extra  meeting. 

Notice  given  from  the  pulpit  the  Sabbath  previous 
to  the  intended  meeting,  or  if  that  is  impracticable,  a 
call  from  the  President  in  the  daily  morning  papers, 
shall  be  deemed  sufficient  notice  for  all  meetings  of 
the  Corporation. 

KULE  YI. 

Duties  of  the  President. — The  President  shall 
preside  at  all  meetings  of   the   Corporation,  and  shall 


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preserve  good  order  and  decorum  among  the  mem- 
bers. He  shall  keep  the  common  seal  of  the  Corpor- 
ation, and  affix  it  to  all  papers  and  deeds  when  author- 
ized to  do  so  by  the  same.  All  si^eeches  shall  be  ad- 
dressed to  him.  Ko  member  shall  interrupt  another 
while  speaking,  and  when  two  or  more  members  rise 
at  once,  the  President  shall  determine  who  is  first  to 
be  heard.  He  shall  have  no  vote  in  any  matters  which 
come  before  the  Corporation,  unless  the  vote  be 
equally  divided,  in  which  case  he  shall  haye  the  cast- 
ing vote. 

EULE  VII. 

Duties  of  the  President  and  Standing  Com- 
mittee.— The  President,  together  with  the  Standing 
Committee,  shall  attend  to  all  the  secular  affairs  of  the 
Corporation,  and  shall  direct  the  Treasurer  in  all 
matters  and  things  which  they  may  deem  necessary  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Corporation,  They  shall  examine, 
some  day  previous  to  the  anniversary,  the  state  of  the 
funds,  and  recommend,  if  necessary,  what  rate  of  pew 
rents  shall  be  assessed  for  the  ensuing  year.  They 
shall  appoint  and  fix  the  salary  of  the  Sexton,  who  has 
the  immediate  charge  of  the  Church  and  lecture  room, 
and  shall  direct  him  in  all  matters  and  things  relating 
to  the  same. 

RULE  YIII. 

Duties  of  the  Treasurer.— The  Treasurer  shall 
receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  Corporation.     He 


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shall  keep  proper  books,  in  which  shall  be  entered  all 
moneys  received  or  paid  away.  He  shall  not  pay 
away  any  moneys  except  the  fixed  salaries  of  Pastor, 
and  Sexton,  unless  authorized  by  a  vote  of  the  Cor- 
poration or  of  the  Standing  Committee.  He  shall  at- 
tend all  meetings  of  the  Corporation,  and  also  of  the 
Standing  Committee,  when  requested  so  to  do,  and 
he  shall  prepare  and  hand  in  to  the  annual  meeting  a 
correct  list  of  all  the  male  pew-liolders,  designating 
such  as  are  not  entitled  to  vote  ;  and  at  any  other 
meeting  of  the  Corporation  to  be  prepared  to  fur- 
nish a  list  of  all  the  pew-holders  entitled  to  vote, 
that  in  case  of  an  election  for  Pastor,  the  necessary 
quorum  and  number  of  votes  required  may  be  desig- 
nated thereby.  He  shall  make  a  report  to  the  Stand- 
ing Committee  quarterly,  which  report  shall  contain 
the  names  of  all  persons  in  arrears  for  pew  rents,  or 
otherwise  indebted  to  the  Church,  with  the  amount 
due  by  each,  and  if  he  fail  to  make  such  a  report  he 
shall  be  accountable  to  the  Corporation  for  the  amount 
lost  by  his  neglect.  He  shall  also  prepare  and  give  in 
to  the  annual  meeting  a  fair  statement  of  all  the 
moneys  received  and  disbursed  during  the  preceding 
year  reported  on  by  the  committee,  agreeably  to  the 
rule  next  following,  and  shall  perform  all  other  such 
duties  as  may  reasonably  be  re<|uired  of  him  by  the 
Corporation  or  Standing  Committee  ;  and  for  the  due 
and  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office  he 
shall  give  bond,  with  approved  security,  to  the  Corpo- 
ration, in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  which  bond 
shall  be  duly  executed  and  lodged  with  the  President. 


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As  a  compensation  for  his  services  he  shall  receive 
five  per  cent,  on  all  moneys  received  by  him  for  pew 
rents. 

RULE  IX. 

Auditing  Committee — The  President  shall  ap- 
point a  committee  of  three  members,  (two  of  whom 
shall  be  a  quorum,)  to  examine  the  Treasurer's  annual 
accounts,  together  with  all  his  vouchers  which  he  shall 
submit  to  them  ;  and  the  said  committee  shall  prepare 
a  report  thereon,  to  be  laid  before  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Corporation. 

RULE  X. 

Duties  of  the  Secretary. — The  Secretary  shall 
take  correct  minutes  of  every  matter  and  thing  trans- 
acted at  the  meetings  of  the  Corporation  ;  which  min- 
utes, he  shall  insert  in  the  minute  book  of  the  Corpo- 
ration, he  shall  keep  all  papers,  petitions,  etc.,  and 
when  a  vote  is  taken,  shall,  if  required  by  three 
meml)ers,  call  over  the  names  of  members  present,  and 
mark  the  ayes  and  nays.  He  shall  also  keep  the  min- 
utes of  the  Standing  Committee. 

RULE  XI. 

Interments. — Permission  for  interment  shall  be 
given  by  the  President,  or,  in  his  absence,  by  one  of 
the  Standing  Committee,  directed  to  the  Sexton,  who 
shall  receive  the  fees  for  the  gnjund. 

Duties  of  the  Sexton  Respecting  Interments. 
— The  Sexton  shall  make  a  return  to  the  Treasurer  on 


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the  first  day  of  each  month  of  all  the  interments 
made,  and  by  whom  perniission  for  the  same  was 
granted.  Should  there  have  been  no  interments,  he 
will  nevertheless,  make  a  return,  stating  that  fact. 

Treasurer. — The  Treasurer  shall  have  a  general 
supervision  of  the  Church  and  lecture  room,  and  it 
shall  be  his  duty  to  see  that  the  Sexton  gives  proper 
attention  to  his  duties  ;  and  in  all  matters  and  things 
appertaining  to  the  duty  of  Treasurer,  he  shall  be 
amenable   to   the    Standing   Committee, 

Monuments. — No  monument  or  headstone  shall 
be  erected  over  any  grave  in  the  public  ground,  unless 
the  following  sums  be  paid,  viz  :  for  a  head  and  foot 
stone,  twenty  dollars  ($20) ;  for  all  other  monuments, 
one  hundred  dollars  ($100.)  No  monument  or  head- 
stone shall  be  put  up  but  under  the  direction  of  the 
Standing  Committee. 

EULE  XII. 

Business. — All  business  brought  before  the  Cor- 
poration shall  be  by  motion  in  writing,  if  so  required 
by  the  presiding  officer,  and  shall  be  made  by  one 
member,  and  seconded  by  another  ;  and  no  motion 
shall  be  considered  unless  seconded. 

No  member  shall  spealc  more  than  twice  on  the 
same  motion,  without  leave  ;  and  every  matter  and 
thing  which  comes,  or  may  of  right  come,  before  the 
Corporation,  shall  be  determined  by  a  majority  of 
votes  present,  except  when  otherwise  determined  by 
the  rules. 


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RULE  XIII. 

Spiritual  Affairs. — The  Spiritual  affairs  of  the 
Church,  such  as  the  eleetion  and  ordination  of 
Elders  and  Deacons,  and  all  matters  and  things  grow- 
ing out  of  the  same,  shall  be  governed  exclusively  by 
the  Pastor  and  Session,  and  communicants  in  good 
standing,  when  not  in  contravention  to  the  estab- 
lished forms  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  these 
United  States. 

RULE  XIV. 

Elders. — The  Elders,  when  the  Church  is  vacant, 
shall  have  charge  of  the  pulpit,  and  shall  obtain  tem- 
porary supplies,  and  tlie  Standing  Committee  shall  be 
authorized  to  grant  such  comjDensation  as  they  may 
think  right. 

RULE  XV. 

Subscriptions. — All  subscriptions  to  tlie  Church 
and  lecture  room  for  repairs  thereon,  by  pew-holders, 
shall  entitle  them  to  Stock  in  the  Church  to  the 
amount  subscribed ;  and  when  such  subscriptions 
shall  reach  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
($250),  a  fee  simple  right  to  eight  feet  square  of 
ground,  in  the  grave-yard,  shall  be  given  for  every 
two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  so  subscribed  and  paid, 
and  stockholders  so  made  shall  be  entitled  to  all  the 
privileges  of  original  subscribers. 


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KULE  XVI. 

Price  of  Burial  Lots. — Upon  the  payment  of 
one  hundred  dollars  (^100)  into  the  treasury  of  the 
Church,  by  a  pew-holder,  they  shall  be  entitled  to  a 
fee  simple  right  to  eight  feet  square  of  ground,  in  the 
grave-yard ;  and  upon  the  payment  of  $40  into  the 
treasury  of  the  Church  by  a  pew-holder  or  member 
they  shall  be  entitled  to  a  fee  simple  right  to  a  single 
grave  in  the  ground  between  the  east  walk  and  the 
east  M'all  selected  under  the  direction  of  the  Standing 
Committee  ;  but  no  subscriptions  for  repairs  to  Church 
or  lecture-room  shall  be  considered  as  payment 
or  part  payment  of  the  present  fixed  price  of 
one  hundred  dollars.  Thig  rule  shall  be  considered  as 
applicable  only  to  those  who  have  held  a  pew,  or  half 
pew,  for  twelve  months  previous,  and  whose  pew 
rents  are  fully  paid  up  to  the  iirst  day  of  the  last 
quarter.  The  rights  of  the  original  subscribers  to 
burial  ground  shall  not  be  affected  by  this  rule,  but  re- 
main unchanged,  and  the  following  scale  of  fees  for 
the  grave-yard  shall  be  estal)lished  :  For  opening  the 
grave  of  an  adult  in  any  lot  or  ground  which  has  l)een 
sold  or  is  held  in  fee  simple,  $10  shall  be  charged;  and  for 
opening  the  grave  of  a  child,  $5  shall  be  charged,  one- 
half  of  which  shall  be  paid  the  Sexton  for  his  services 
and  the  other  half  into  the  Church  treasury,  but  it  is 
understood  that  the  price  of  $40  for  a  single  grave  is 
in  full  to  cover  all  fees  to  the  Church.  The  Standing 
Committee  shall  have  authority,  upon  request  of  the 
Committee   of  Board  of  Deacons,  to   remit  such,  or 


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all  portions  as  they  may  deem  proper,  of  the  burial 
fees  for  indigent  members  of  the  Church,  provided 
such  interment  is  made  in  that  portion  of  cemetery 
lying  between  east  walk  and  east  wall. 

KULE  XVII. 

Pastor  and  Sexton. — On  the  election  of  a  Pastor, 
his  salary  shall  be  tixed  by  the  Corporation,  by  reso- 
lution, and  a  copy  of  said  resolution  shall  be  given 
with  notice  of  such  election,  to  the  Senior  Elder  of 
the  Session,  who  will  be  authorized  under  said  resolu- 
tion to  extend  a  call  to  the  Pastor  elect. 

The  salary  of  the  Sexton  shall  be  annually  fixed  by 
resolution  of  the  Corporation. 

RULE  XVIII. 

Quorum  to  Alter  Rules. —None  of  the  foregoing 
rules  shall  be  altered,  or  new  rules  made,  except  pro- 
posed at  an  anniversary  meeting,  and  confirmed  at  a 
subsequent  meeting  at  winch  there  shall  be  present 
one-half  of  the  legal  votes  of  the  Corporation,  and 
four-fifths  of  the  votes  present  agreeing  thereto. 

All  former  rules  relating  to  the  temporal  govern- 
ment of  this  Church  are  hereby  repealed. 

COI^CLUSION. 

I  do  hereby  certify  that   the  foregoing  rules  were 
adopted  at  a  regular   meeting  of  the   Association  and 
pew-holders  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  duly 
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summoned  and  held  at  the  lecture  room  of  said 
Church,  at  which  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  were  pres- 
ent, on  the  third  (3)  of  May,  1852,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  fifty-two,  and  in  the  forty -fourth  year 
after  the  foundation  was  laid. 

KOBEKT  ADGER, 

President. 
Attest : 

Fleetwood  Lanneau, 

Sect'etai'y. 


FOR    THE 

CiOVEMMENT  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION, 

Adopted  3d  of  May,  1852. 


EEPOKT. 

The    committee  appointed  at  the  recent  anniversary 
meeting   to   revise  the   Knles  for  the  Temi3oral  Gov- 
ernment of  tliis  Cliiirch,  ask  leave  to  report,  that  they 
immediately  entered  npon  the  discharge  of  that  duty 
and  remark  that,  in    framing  several  of  the  rules  so  as 
to  -  correspond   with    the     previous    alterations    and 
amendments,  they  were  much  embarrassed,  so  to  con- 
struct them,  as  that  they   should  not  conflict  with  the 
reserved  privileges  of  the  Association,  and  would  su  g- 
gest  to  that  body  the  consideration  of  the   following 
modification    of   their   rules,  which   your   committee 
think  will   be  found  amply  sufficient  for  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Association  when  convened  in  the  capac- 
ity of  stockholders.       Should  they  be  found,  upon  ex- 
amination, suitable  for  the  disposition  of  any  business 
which  may  be  brought  before  them,  without  conflicting 
with  the  rules  as    also  revised  by  your  committee  for 
the  government  of    the    Corporation,  your  committee 
would  suggest  to  the  Association  the  adoption  of  them 


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for  the  reasons  above  stated,  and  which  they  now  ask 
leave  respectfully  to  submit. 

FLEETWOOD  LANT^EAU, 

Chairman. 
WM.  ADGER, 
J.  S.  CHAMBEES, 
W.  J.  SMITH, 
JOHN  E.  SIMONTON. 

Whereas,  the  Association  of  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church,  at  an  anniversary  meeting,  5th  of 
April,  lSi3,  did,  by  resolution,  propose,  and  subse- 
quently, at  a  meeting-  held  on  1st  of  May,  in  the  same 
year,  did  constitutionally  admit  the  pew-holders  to 
equal  rights  with  themselves  in  all  matters  relating  to 
Church  government,  reserving  only  the  exclusive 
control  and  management  of  Church  property,  and 
everything  connected  with  the  sale  or  transfer  thereof  ; 
be  it  therefore  Besolved,  That  the  following  rules  be 
adopted  for  the  government  of  the  Association  in  the 
transaction  of  business  relating  to  or  connected  with 
the  sale  of  Churcli  property. 

EULE  I. 

At    all  meetings   of    this   Association,    each  male 
stockholder,  who  has  signed  these  rules,  and  has  paid 
$100  to  $200,  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote. 
Above  $200  to  $-1:00,  two  votes. 
"  400  to     800,  three  votes. 

"  800  to  1,400,  four  votes. 


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Above  1,400  to  2,000,  five  votes. 
"        2,000  to  3,000,  six  votes. 
"        3,000  to  5,000,  seven  votes. 
"       5,000  eight  votes. 

But  no  stockliolders  in  this  Association  who  has  not 
held  a  pew,  or  half  a  pew,  for  twelve  months  previous, 
and  paid  his  pew  rent  for  the  previous  six  months, 
shall  debate  or  vote  in  this  Association,  unless  he  was 
an  original  subscriber  to  the  amount  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 

EULE  II. 

All  original  subscril>ers  to  this  Association  shall  be 
entitled  to  set  apart  ground  in  the  grave-yard  accord- 
ing  to  the  following  scale,  viz  : 

For  original  subscriptions  of  1^300  and  under  that 
sum,  one  square  of  eight  feet ;  $300  to  8500,  two 
squares  of  eight  feet ;  $500  to  $750,  three  squares  of 
eight  feet;  and  all  above  $750  shall  be  entitled  to 
eight  feet  of  square  ground  for  every  $250  sub- 
scribed, with  ])ermission  to  inter  any  of  their  family 
and  friends  free  of  charge  except  Clerk  and  Sexton's 
fees. 

All  subscriptions  for  repairs  at  Church  or  lecture 
room,  or  building  the  same,  shall  be  entitled  to  the 
same  privileges,  when  the  amount  reaches  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars. 

On  the  payment  of  one  hundred  dollars  into  the 
treasury  of  the  Church  l)y  any  pew-holder  who  has 
held  a  pew,  or  half  a  pew,  for  twelve  months  previous, 


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and  whose  pew  rents  are  fully  paid  np,  shall  entitle 
them  to  a  square  of  eight  feet  of  ground  in  the 
^rave-yard. 

EULE  III. 

Ten  members  shall  be  a  quorum  for  the  transaction 
of  business. 

RULE  lY. 

The  President  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  Presi- 
dent also  of  the  Association,  and  shall  call  meetings  of 
the  same,  when  necessary. 

RULE  V. 

A  certiilcate  of  the  following  form  shall  be  issued 
to  each  stockholder  : 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

This  certilicate  entitles to  an   interest  in  the 

Association  of  the   Second   Presbyterian  Church  to 

the  amount  of    ■  dollars, cents,  ratably  and 

proportionably  with  eighteen  thousand  four  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars,  amount  of  capital  invested,  with  any 
additional  sum  that  has  been  heretofore,  or  may  be 
hereafter  added,  subject  to  certain  resolutions  of  the 
Corporation  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  of 
the  city  and  suburbs  of  Charleston,  ratified  by  that 
body  on  the  3d  day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  twenty-three,  and  to  such  liy-laws  as  the 
Association  have  or  may  hereafter  adopt,  not  interfer- 


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ing  with  vested  rights.  This  certificate  transferable 
only  in  person  or  by  power  of  attorney,  at  the  office 
of  the  Secretary. 


Attest :  President. 


Secretary. 

RULE  VI. 

In  all  other  matters,  the  rules  of  the  Corporation, 
as  now  revised  and  adopted,  shall  be  binding,  and  all 
former  rules  relating  to  the  government  of  this  Asso- 
ciation are  hereby  repealed. 


FOR 

THE  SPIKITUAL  GOVERNMENT 

OF    THE 

SECOND  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


PREAMBLE. 

Necessity  for  these  Rules. — Although  this 
Church  adopt  "  the  Confession  of  Faith  and  Form  of 
Government  and  Discipline  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States,"  as  the  rule  of  their 
faith  and  practice,  yet  inasmuch  as  there  are  several 
matters  in  the  mode  of  government  and  discipline, 
left  there  undetermined,  by  which  a  variety  of  prac- 
tice is  introduced  into  the  Churches  under  the  care  of 
the  General  Assembly,  the  following  additional  rules 
are  adopted. 

RULE  I. 

Elders  and  Deacons. — The  Elders  and  Deacons  of 
this  Church  shall  be  elected  by  the  members  in  good 
regular  standing,  and  shall  be  ordained  with  the  impo- 
sition of  hands,  in  the  presence  of  the  congregation. 


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RULE  II. 

Elders  and  Deacons. — All  such  elections  shall  be 
decided  by  a  majority  of  two-thirds  of  the  nieniljers 
pi-esent,  who  shall  have  two  weeks'  notice  of  the 
nomination  of  candidates  for  the  offices,  which  nomi- 
nation shall  be  made  by  the  Session  then  in  office. 

RULE  III. 

Admission  to  the  Church. — No  person  shall  be 
admitted  a  member  of  this  Church  who  does  not,  on 
examination  by  the  Pastor,  or  officiating  minister,  give 
satisfactory  evidence  of  a  renewal  of  heart,  and  of 
faith  and  repentance  towards  God. 

RULE  IV. 

Admission  to  the  Church. — All  applications  for 
admission  to  Chnrch  membership,  should  be  made  to 
the  Session  through  the  Pastor.  And  notice  of  such 
intended  application  should  be  given  as  long  as  possi- 
ble before  some  regular  meeting  of  the  Session. 

RULE  y. 

Admission  to  the  Church. — The  Session  shall  ex- 
amine every  candidate  prior  to  admission. 

RULE  VI. 

Public  Profession  — All  who  may  be  admitted  to 
membership  shall  make  a  public  profession  of  their 
faith,  and  enter  into  solemn  covenant  with  Almighty 


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God,  in  the  presence  of  the  congregation,  on  the 
morning  of  tlie  Sabbath  on  which  the  sacrament  is- 
administered,  immediately  after  the  sermon. 

KULE  VII. 

Form  of  Public  Admission. — The  j^ersons  to  be 
admitted  having  been  invited  to  present  themselves  in. 
the  aisle,  or  pews,  before  the  pulpit,  the  following 
shall  be 

THE  FORM  OF  INTRODUCTION   TO   THE 
CHURCH. 

ADDRESS    TO    THE    CANDIDATES. 

You  have  thus  presented  yourselves  *  l)efore  Al- 
mighty God,  with  a  view  to  dedicate  yourselves  f  to 
His  service,  and  to  be  recognized  as  members  of  His 
visible  Church.  In  this  solemn  and  public  contract, 
you  are  about  to  surrender  yourselves  to  your  Creator  ; 
to  acknowledge  Jesus  Christ  to  be  your  Redeemer ; 
and  yourselves  His  servants  forever.  You  are  sur- 
rounded by  witnesses  wlio  attest  the  compact  into 
which  you  enter.  The  all-seeing  eye  of  Jehovah  is 
upon  you  ;  and  His  holy  angels  are  spectators  of  this 
scene.  Brethren,  we  trust  you  have  not  rashly  come 
up  hither.  And  in  this  confidence  we  invite  you  to 
approach  with  holy  boldness   unto   Him  who   is   the 

•  The  siugular  or  plural  to  be  used,  as  required. 

t  Or  to  renew  your  dedication.    This  may  be  used  when  any  one 
joins  on  certificate. 


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head  of  the  Church  ;  casting  all  your  anxieties  and 
cares  upon  Him,  and  relying  upon  Him  alone  for 
grace  and  strength  to  fulfil  your  solemn  engagements. 


PROFESSION    OF    FAITH. 


You  believe  that  there  is  one  true  God,  constituting 
in  His  incomprehensible  essence,  Father,  Son  and 
Holy  Ghost,  three  persons  in  one  Godhead.  You  be- 
lieve in  the  Divine  inspiration  of  the  Scriptures  of 
the  Old  and  New  Testament ;  and  that  they  contain 
the  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice.  You  believe  in 
the  fall  of  man,  in  his  entire  depravity  by  nature, 
and  in  the  necessity  of  repentance  toward  God  and 
faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  You  believe  that 
by  His  humiliation,  obedience  and  death,  Christ  made 
such  a  satisfaction  to  divine  justice  as  is  sufficient  to 
expiate  all  sin,  and  to  remove  and  wash  away  the  guilt 
incurred  by  both  original  and  actual  sin,  from  all  who 
rest  upon  Him  in  trutli  and  sincerity.  You  beheve  in 
the  doctrines  of  a  general  resurrection  and  a  future 
judgment ;  hi  the  everlasting  blessedness  of  the  right- 
eous, and  in  the  endless  punishment  of  the  finally 
impenitent. 

COVENANT.* 

And  now,  in  the  presence  of  God  and  of  these  wit- 
nesses, you  do  solemnly  surrender  yourselves  to  the 
Lord,  receiving  Him  as  your  portion,  and  acknowl- 
edging Him  to  be  the  supreme  object  of  your  love. 
Depending   upon    divine  grace   for    assistance,    you 

*Baptism  of  adults  administered  here. 


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hereby  sacredly  Innd  yourselves  to  glorify  God  by 
obedience  to  His  laws,  and  by  a  diligent  observance  of 
His  ordinances.  You  promise  to  separate  yourselves 
from  the  world,  so  far  as  its  engagements  would  cool 
your  attachments  to  piety,  or  bring  a  stigma  upon 
your  holy  profession.  You  are  willing  to  consecrate 
a  reasonable  portion  of  your  time,  influence  and  prop- 
erty to  the  cause  of  Christ ;  to  co-operate  in  every 
good  work  ;  to  live  not  unto  yourselves,  but  unto  Him 
who  died  for  you ;  and  in  your  closets,  in  your  fami- 
lies, and  in  the  world,  to  act  as  becometh  the  gospel 
of  Christ,  and  as  you  are  required  in  the  w^ord  of 
God.  You  pledge  yourselves  to  obey  the  laws  and 
regulations  of  this  particular  Church,  and,  as  far  as 
possil)le,  to  attend  upon  all  its  services,  while  you  con- 
tinue members  of  the  same,  throwing  yourselves  upon 
its  care,  and  affectionately  regarding  its  interests. 

CONCLUDING    ADDRESS. 

Beloved  in  the  Lord,  the  contract  you  have  now 
formed,  no  power  on  earth  can  dissolve.  These  en- 
gagements will  follow  you  through  time,  and  accom- 
pany you  to  the  judgment  seat.f 

"We,  who  are  members  of  this  Church,  affection- 
iitely  welcome  you  to  fellowship  M'ith  us.  We  hail 
you  as  participants  of  the  same  glorious  hope  aud 
blessing  of  the  gospel. 

And  now,  when  you  depart  from  this  place,  carry 
Avith  you  the  salutary  recollection  that  the  eyes  of  the 

tThe  members  of  the  Church  will  rise  and  remain  stand- 
ing during  the  remainder  of  the  address- 


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world  are  upon  you,  and  that  as  yon  henceforth  con- 
duct yourselves,  relio;ion  will  be  disgraced  or  honored. 
Remember  that  your  engagement  is  not  with  man,  but 
with  God.  The  inaclivity  therefore  of  others,  their 
illiberality,  their  coldness,  their  neglect  of  Sabbath 
and  week-day  services,  can  never  furnish  an  excuse 
for  your  dereliction.  You  stand  or  fall  each  one  of 
you  by  yourselves.  Aljide  then,  near  a  throne  of 
grace ;  be  diligent  in  duty  ;  watchful  in  life  and  con- 
versation ;  and  constant  in  your  attendance  on  the 
means  of  grace ;  and  you  shall  be  assured  of  the  ful- 
filment of  that  promise,  '"  tliat  He  who  has  beo-un  a 
good  work  in  you  will  perform  it  until  the  day  of 
Jesus  Christ."  And  may  the  blessing  of  God  the 
Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost  rest  upon  and  abide 
with  you  forever.     Amen. 

The  person,  or  persons,  shall  then  be  instructed  ta 
resume  their  seats,  when  the  Communion  service  shall 
proceed. 

RULE  VTII. 

Admission  on  Certificate. — Yet  although  these 
shall  be  the  regulations  for  admission,  they  shall  be 
considered  applicable  only  to  such  as  have  not  been 
members  of  another  C^hurch,  with  whom  we  are  un- 
derstood to  be  in  full  fellowship.  Applicants  from 
such  a  Church,  who  present  a  certificate  of  good 
standing,  and  whose  characters  are  known  to  be  pious 
and  exemplary,  are  not  required  to  enter  into  public 
covenant,  they  having  engaged  in  that  act  in  the 
Church  from  which  thev  are  transferred.     The  volun- 


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tary  renewal  of  sach  a  profession  Ijefore  this  Church, 
is,  however,  considered  proper  and  highl}-  beneficial 
to  themselves  and  others,  and  therefore  recommended. 
The  names  of  such  persons,  as  well  as  others,  shall  be 
read  from  the  pulpit. 

EITLE  IX. 

Baptism. — The  ordinance  of  Ijaptism  shall  be  ad- 
ministered in  public  ;  except  under  extraordinary  cir- 
cumstances. 

EULE  X. 

Baptism,  to  whom  Administered. — Baptism 
shall  not  l)e  administered  to  infants,  except  where  at 
least  one  of  the  parents  is  a  member  of  the  Church  in 
good  standino; ;  or  to  such  as  are,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Pastor,  tit  subjects. 

EULE  XL 

Discipline. — Every  member  of  this  Church  may 
expect  the  strictest  exercise  of  discipline  (according 
to  the  Confession  of  Faith  and  Form  of  Government  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,)  when  offence  is  given. 

EULE  XIL 

Neglect  of  Communion. — Any  member  absent- 
ing himself  from  the  Communion  twice  in  succession, 
shall  be  called  upon  hj  the  Session  for  his  reason  for 
this  neglect.      And  if  no  proper  reason  be  given,  he 


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shall  be  dealt  with  ])y  the  Session,  in  such  way  as 
thej  maj  think  proper  ;  and  if  absent  for  more  than 
a  year,  he  may  be  excluded  from  membership  in 
the  Church. 


OF 

THE  BOARD  OF  DEACOXS 

SECOND  PRESBYTERIAX  CHURCH. 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

1S94:. 

No.  1. — Meetings, — Meetings  shall  be  held  on 
the  tirst  Monday  of  each  month. 

No.  2. — Quornm. — A  ({uonim  shall  consist  of  four 
members. 

No.  3. — Officers. — The  officers  shall  consist  of  a 
Chairman,  a  Secretary  and  a  Treasurer,  who  shall  be 
elected  annually,  at  each  anniversary  meeting,  to  serve 
for  one  year,  or  until  their  successor  shall  qualify. 

No.  4. — Anniversary. — The  Anniversary  Meet- 
ing shall  he  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  May. 

No,  5. — Chairman. — The  Chairman  shall  preside 
at  all  meetings  and  appoint  all  Committees.  In  his 
absence,  the  Deacons  may  appoint  one  of  their  num- 
ber to  act  as  Chairman  and  perform  all  the  duties 
of  the  office. 


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No.  6.— Treasurer.-  -The  Treasurer  shall  receive 
all  moneys  collected  in  the  Church  for  benevolent  ob- 
jects, and  disburse  the  same  in  tlieir  proper  channels, 
and  shall  keep  a  set  of  books  showing  all  his  transac- 
tions, and  make  a  monthly  report  to  the  Board  of 
Deacons,  showing  the  moneys  received  and  ex  - 
pended  for  each  account ;  and  shall  prepare  a  state- 
ment each  year  closing  the  accounts  on  the  1st  April, 
showing  the  entire  collection  and  expenditures  for 
each  ol)ject  during  the  year,  the  same  to  be  handed  in 
to  the  Chairman  as  soon  after  the  1st  April  as  possi- 
ble, that  same  may  be  sent  to  the  Pastor  in  time  for 
his  Anniversary  sermon  on  iirst  Sunday  in  May. 

No.  7. — Committees. — The  Chairman  shall  ap- 
jjoint  at  each  Anniversary  Meeting  the  following 
Committees  : 

Burial  Committee,  consisting  of  three  members. 

Communion  Committee,  consisting  of  two  mem- 
bers. 

Committee  on«U^shers,  Consisting  of  two  members. 

Committee  on  Accounts,  consisting  of  two  mem- 
bers. 

Burial  Committee.-  1.  The  duties  of  this  Com- 
mittee shall  be  to  take  charge  of  the  funeral  of  any  in- 
.digent  member  of  the  Church  when  called  upon  and 
raise  the  necessary  funds  for  such  expense,  reporting 
to  the  next  meeting  of  the  Peacons  after  said  funeral. 
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Communion  Committee — 2.  The  duties  of  this 
Committee  shall  be  to  take  chariu;e  of  the  Bread  and 
Wine  and  superintend  the  prej)aration  of  the  Table 
for  Communion  Service  ;  to  be  present  at  each  Com- 
munion Service,  and  at  close  of  same  take  charge  of 
Silver,  Linen,  Bread  and  Wine  remaining. 

Committee  on  Ushers. — 3.  Tlie  duty  of  this 
Committee  shall  be  to  appoint  two  or  more  Ushers 
from  joung  men  of  the  Church  to  meet  strangers  at 
the  Church  door,  and  see  tliat  they  are  provided  with 
seats. 

Committee  on  Accounts. — 4. — The  duties  of 
this  Committee  shall  be  to  examine,  annually,  the  ac- 
counts of  the  Treasurer  and  report  on  same. 


RULES  OF  THE  SUx\DAY  SCHOOL. 


EULE  L 

The  Session. — The  Session  of  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Chnrch  shall  exercise  a  ^^eneral  supervision  of 
the  School,  l)e  tlie  arbiter  in  any  dispute  between  the 
Teachers,  or  the  Teachei'S  and  Superintendent ;  or  do 
any  thin*)^  which,  in  their  judgment,  the  interests  of  the 
School  may  require. 

RULE  II. 

Officers. — The  officers  of  the  School  shall  consist 
of  a  male  Superintendent,  one  male  and  one  female 
Assistant  Superintendents,  a  Secretary,  Assistant 
Secretary,  and  a  Librarian.  These  officers  to  be  nomi- 
nated by  the  Session,  and  elected  by  the  Teachers  ; 
to  be  removed  from  office  only  by  a  vote  of  the 
Session. 

RULE  III. 

DUTIES  OF    OFFICERS. 

Superintendent. — Section  J.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Superintendent  to  preside  over  the  School, 
and  to  assign  to  the  Teachers  such  classes  as  he  may 
desire  them  to  instruct  ;  and  he  shall,  from  time  to 
time,  make  such  changes  in  the  diiferent  classes  as  he 


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may  think  will  advance  the  interests  of  the  School.  It 
shall  be  incumbent  upon  him  to  make  known  each 
Sabbath  the  lessons  to  be  prepared  for  the  next ;  and 
also  to  give  a  correct  statement  of  the  Teachers  and 
scholars  present  and  absent,  with  the  sum  total  in  the 
School. 

lie  shall  also  be  empowered  to  purchase  such  lesson 
books  for  the  use  of  the  School  as  the  wants  of  the 
scholars  may  demand. 

It  shall  also  be  his  duty  to  make  a  quarterly  report 
to  the  Session  of  the  state  of  the  School,  and  of  au}^ 
matters  relating  thereto,  which  may  require  the  action 
of  the  Session. 

Assistant  Superintendents. — Section  2d.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Assistant  Superintendents  to 
assist  the  Superintendent  in  the  performance  of  his 
duties,  and,  in  his  absence,  the  male  Assistant  Super- 
intendent shall  supply  his  place. 

Secretary. — Section  3d.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Secretary  to  keep  a  correct  record  of  all  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  School,  and  each  Sabbath  ascertain  the 
number  of  Teachers  and  scholars  absent  and  present, 
and  report  to  the  Superintendent.  He  shall  also  notify 
officers  of  their  election,  and  make  a  monthly  report 
to  the  School.  In  his  absence  the  Assistant  Secretary 
shall  perform  all  his  duties,  and  assist  him  when 
presen  t. 

The  Secretary  shall  pay  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Board  of  Deacons  all  moneys  collected  in  the  School 
taking  his  receipt  for  same. 

Librarians. — Section  4th.     It  shall  be  the  duty 


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of  the  Librarians  to  keep  the  library  in  order,  to  keep 
a  correct  catalogue  of  all  the  books  belong-ino-  to  the 
School,  and  an  account  with  each  scholar,  charging 
such  books  when  taken,  and  crediting  the  same  when 
returned  ;  also  to  collect  such  books  as  are  to  be  re- 
turned hnmediately  after  the  opening  of  the  School. 

KULE  IV. 

Election  of  Teacher.— No  Teacher  shall  be  ad- 
mitted to  the  School  without  the  approbation  of  the 
Session. 

EULE  V. 

Duties  of  Teacher— Each  Teacher  shall  be  re- 
sponsible for  his  or  her  class,  and  is  therefore, 
expected  to  visit  them  periodically,  hut  more  especially 
in  cases  of  absence  by  sickness,  or  any  other  cause. 
And  in  the  event  of  a  scholar  leaving  the  School,  who 
cannot  be  persuaded  by  the  Teacher  to  return,  the 
name  of  such  scholar  shall  be  handed  l)y  the  Teacher 
to  the  Secretary,  to  l)e  stricken  oif  tlie  roll. 

RULE  VI. 

Quorum. — Nine  Teachers  shall  constitute  a  quorum 
to  transact  any  business  of  the  School,  and  two-thirds 
of  all  the  votes  given  are  required  to  decide  an  election, 
and  all  matters  relating  to  the  School. 

Number  in  Classes.— Regulation  1st.— The 
School  shall  be  divided  into  classes,  not  to  exceed  six 
scholars  each. 


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Sundries. — Regulation  2d. — The  course  of  in- 
struction, and  the  books  used,  shall  be  determined  by 
the  Session.  No  scholar  shall  be  allowed  to  leave  the 
class  without  permission  from  the  Teacher.  Teachers 
who  are  compelled  to  be  absent  from  their  classes  for 
any  time,  shall  give  notice  of  the  same  to  the  Superin- 
tendent, that  he  may  supply  their  place. 

Closing- — Regulation  3ed. — The  School  shall  be 
closed  by  singing  a  hymn,  or  by  prayer. 

RULE  yii. 

The  necessary  expenses  of  the  School  shall  be  de- 
frayed by  the  corporation,  all  bills  to  be  approved  by 
the  Superintendent  and  the  President  of  the  cor- 
poration. 

RULE  VIII. 

Alteration  of  Rules. — -No  alteration  of,  or  addi- 
tion to,  these  rules  and  regulations  shall  be  made, 
except  notice  thereof  be  given  at  a  previous  meeting  ; 
and  the  said  alteration  must  be  concurred  in  by  at 
least  two-thirds  of  the  Teachers  present,  and  by  the 
Session. 


ORGANIZATION. 


PRESENT  OFFICERS  OF  THE  CHITRCH. 

Pastor. 
Rev.  gilbert  R.  BRACKETT,  D.  D. 

Ruling  Elders. 

J.  ADGER  SMYTH.  C.  N.  AVERILL. 

JOHN  F.  ROBERTS.  A.  T.  SMYTHE, 

JAMES  ALLAN.  J.  N.   ROBSON. 

JOHN  B.  ADGER,  Jr.  FRANK  F.  WHILDEN. 

Deacons. 

WILLIAM  DEWEES.  GEORGE  H.  MOFFETT. 

E.  F.  MISCALLY.  AVILLIAM  S.  ALLAN. 

JOHN  KNOX.  JOHN  W.  ROBSON. 

HALL  T.  McGEE.  ROBERT  C.  LEBBY. 

R.  E.  SEABROOK.  JAMES  R.  WILLIAMS. 

President  of  Corporation. 
J.  ADGER  SMYTH. 

Secretary. 
FRANK  F.  WHILDEN. 

Treasto'er. 
E.  F.  MISCALLY. 

Standing  Committee. 

HALL  T.  McGEE.  ROBERT  A.  SMYTH. 

R.  E.  SEABROOK.  E.  F.  MISCALLY. 

COLIN  McK.  GRANT.  J.  B.  KECKELEY. 


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OFFICERS  AND  TEACHERS  OF  THE  SABBATH  SCHOOL. 

Sujierintendent. 

FRANK  F.  WHILDEN. 

Assistant  Male  Superintendent. 


Assistant  Female  Superintendent. 

MissSAEAH  ANNIE  SMYTH. 

Secretary. 

JOHN  W.  ROBiON. 

Assistant  Secretary. 

ROBERT  A.  SMYTH. 

Librarian. 

J.  N.  ROBSON,  Jr. 

Door  Keeper. 

JAMES  H.  McNeill. 

Teachers. 

Infant  Class  Teacher. 

Mrs.  MARY  S.  WHILDEN. 

Assistants. 

Miss   LILLIE  CARRERE  Mrs.  SARAH  GARDNER. 

TEACHERS. 

Intermediate  Department. 

GEORGE  S.  LEGARE.  JAS.  R.  WILLIAMS. 

Miss  ALMA  CARRERE.  J.  N.  ROBSON. 

WM.  S.  ALLAN.  Miss  AGNES  McINDOE. 

Miss  NORMA  CARRERE.  Mrs.  E  F.  MISCALLY. 

MissJANIEMOFFETT.  MissMATTIE  KNOX. 

Miss  SALLIE  ROBSON.  Miss  HENNIE  ROBERTSON. 

Miss  CARRIE  SMITH.  Miss  HELEN  McINDOE. 

Miss  LENA  GRIMKE.  GEO.  H.  MOFFETT. 

Miss  BELLE  LANNEAU.  ROBT.  C.  LEBBY. 

Miss  SARAH  R.  SMYTH.  Miss  MARG'T  MOFFETT. 


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Miss  LILLIE  QUIGLEY.       Miss  MAMIE  ROBSON. 
Miss  G.  BRACKETT.  Mrs.  MARY  D.  8TICKNEY. 

Miss  MAGGIE  TIMMONS.    Miss  MINNIE  MUSTARD. 
Miss  SUSIE  T.  McGEE.         Miss  JOSIE  BAILEY. 
Miss  MARY  BRAILSFORD.  Miss  ALMA  THOMPSON. 
Miss  A.  IRVING  MISCALLY. 

Male  Bible  Class. 

J.  ADGER  SMYTH. 

Feinale  Bible  Class. 

Mrs.  E.  H.  MOFFETl'. 

•  Bastor's  Class, 

Rev.  G.  R.  BRACKETT,  D.  D. 

Conductor  of  Service  of  Song. 

FRANK  F.  WHILDEN. 

Musical  Director. 

LAWRENCE    REYNOLDS. 


SOCIETIES  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

THE  EDUCATION  SOCIETY. 

President. 

Mrs.  G.  R.  BRA(;KETT. 

Secretary  and  Ireasurer. 

Miss  JANE  ANN  ADGER. 

THE  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 

President. 

Mrs.  S.  G.  STONEY. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Miss  SARAH  R  SMYTH. 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  WORKERS. 

President. 
Mrs.  JAMES  ALLAN. 

Secretary. 
Miss  ISABEL  ALLAN. 

Treasurer. 
Miss   AMY   N.  ALLAN. 

This  Society  of  young  people  was  organized  for  the  purpose 
of  raising  funds  to  aid  the  Sabbath  School.  Its  othcers  are 
elected  annually. 


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THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE'S  SOCIETY  OF 
CHRISTIAN    ENDEAVOR. 

President 
JAMES  R  WILLIAMS 

Secretary 
MISS  JESSIE  ALLAN 
The  officers  are  elected  semi-annually. 


LIST 


OF 


OFFICERS  OF  THIS  CHURCH 

FROM  ITS  OKGANIZATION  IN  1809. 


PASTORS. 

Rev.  Andrew  Flinu,  D.  D 1809— 1820 

Rev.  Arteinus  Boies 1820—1823 

Rev.  Thomas  Charlton  Henry,  D.  D 18-23-1827 

Rev.  William  Ashmead  May,  1829— Oct.  1829^ 

Rev.  Thomas  Smyth,  U.  D 1832—1872 

Pastor  Emeretus..June  16,  1872— Aug.  20,  1873 
■Rev.  Gilbert  R.  Brackett,  D.  D  June  16,  1872 

ELDERS. 

Benjamin  Boyd 1810—1811 

Stephen  Thomas 1810—1839' 

John  Cunningham 1810 — 1815- 

William  Pressly 1812-1820 

David  BeH 1812-1844 

Henry  Bennett 1812—1821 

John  Todd 1821-1823 

Thomas  Fleming 1821—1823 

James  Black 1821—* 

Israel  C.  Anthony 1825—18.36 

Charles  O'Neal 182.5—18.33 

Robert  Wright 182.5—1841 

Charles  S.  Simonton 1837—1838 


77' 

Thomas  R.  Yardell 1837—* 

John  Dewees 1837—* 

George  Moflett 1840—1844 

Andrew  Moffett 1840—1851 

William  Hearing 1845—* 

William  Yeadon 1845—* 

William  C.  Dukes 1845—1867 

William  Harrall 1845-1852 

William  Adger 1845—1853 

James  M.  Caldwell 1S46— 1852 

Robert  S.  Wright 1852—* 

Hugh  Wilson 1852—* 

Hugh  R.  Banks .' 1852—1878 

S.  S.  Clark 1852-18-54 

James  Dillingham 1853—1865 

Archibald  Campbell 1853—1858 

Robert  Adger 1855—1858 

F.  D.  Fanning 1855—1858 

A.  F.  Browning 1855—1856 

James  S.  Chambers 1855—1858 

Robert  C.  Gilchrist 1855—1884 

William  J.  Smith 1867—1882 

Dr.  D.  J.  Cain 1867—1869 

George  S.  Cook ; 1867—1669 

Alfred  R.  Stillman '. 1869—1892 

J.  Adger  Smyth 1869— 

John  S.  Bird 1876—1887 

John  S.  Roberts  1881— 

James  Allan 1881 — 

C.  N.Averill 1888— 

James  E.  Edgertou 1888—1892 

William  B.  Hills 1888-1891 

Augustine  T.  Smythe 1893— 

James  N.  Robson 1893 — 

John  B.  Adger,  Jr 1893— 

Frank  F.  Whilden 1893— 

DEACON'S. 

John  S.  Bird 1851-1876 

JamesS.  Chambers 1851—1855 


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Dr.  John  Anderson 1851—* 

A.  F.  Browning 1851—1855 

Robert  C.  Gilchrist 18^3—1855 

John  V.  Lyon 1853—1855 

George  S.  Cook 1853—1867 

Wm.  J.  Smith 1855—1867 

James  S.  Roberts 1855—* 

George  H.  Moffett 1855—1875 

Thomas  S.Jones 1855—* 

Edward  Fogartie 1856—* 

Wra.  John  Johnson 1856—* 

William  Dewees 1856— 

John  Knox 1856— 

F.  D.  Whitney 1867—* 

J.N.  Robson 1867—1893 

J.  Adger  Smyth 1867—1869 

James  Allan 1867—1881 

C.N.  Averill 1867—1888 

Augustine  T.  smythe ...1869—1893 

Edwin  F.  Miscally. 1876— 

George  L.  G.  Cook 1876— I8!)l 

Oscar  E.  Johnson 1881-1884 

Robert  E.  Seabrook 1888— 

John  B.  Adger,  Jr '. 1888-1893 

Frank  F.  Whilden 1888-1893 

W.W.Houston. 1888-1892 

HallT.  McGee 1893— 

George  H.  Moffett 1893— 

William  S.  Allan 1893— 

John  N.  Robson.. 1893— 

James  Robinson  Williams 1893— 

Roberta  Lebby 1893— 

*  Date  of  death  unknown. 


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PRESIDENTS  OF  THE  CORPORATION. 


When 

Names.  ,,,     .    , 
Elected. 

Benjamin  Boyd 1809 

Sam-"1  Robertson 1810 

Stephen  Thomas 1813 

Wm.  Smith 1815 

Samuel  Patterson 1818 

Thomas  Fleming I8I9 

John  Robinson 1821 

James  Black 1823 

James  Adgei 1823 

Wra.  Smith 1825 

Alexander  Blacl? 1827 

John  Robinson 1828 

Wm.  Smith,  Sr 1834 

Alexander  Black 1838 

Alexander  Brown 1840 

John  Robinson 1841 

Wm.  C.  Dukes 1815 

Alexander  Black 1847 

H.  R.  Banks 1849 

Robt.  Adger 1850 

A.  F.  Browning 1854 

Fleetwood  Lanneau 1856 

Wm.  C.  Dukes 1858 

Wm.  J.  Smith 1859 

Geo.  S.  Cook 18tJ6 

Chas.  H.  Simonton 1867 

A.McD.  Brown 1876 

Ellison  A  Smyth 1878 

Hall  T.  McGee 1881 

J,  Adger  Smyth  1887 


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N««>«^-  Klected. 

John  Robinson 1809 

Thomas  Fleming 1821 

Alexander  Black 1823 

Benjamin  Hammett 1824 

Wm.  C.  Dukes 1825 

Fleetwood  Lanneau 1836 

R.  C.Gilchrist 1856 

John  H.  Honour,  Jr 1866 

Aug.  T.  Smythe 1868 

J.  Adger  Smyth 1869 

G.  L.  G.  Cook 1871 

F.  F.  Whilden 1882 

TBEASUREKS. 

Stephen  Thomas 1809 

James  Adger 1812 

David  Bell 1814 

Wm.  C.  Dukes 1825 

Alex.  Brown 1826 

Richard  Jones 1835 

Johns.  Bird 1837 

Jno.  R.  Moffett 1853 

Wm.  J.  Smith 1858 

Wm.  Dewees 1859 

Wm.  J.  Smith 1867 

Jno.  R.  Moffett 1868 

A.  McD.  Brown 1869 

Ellison  A.  Smyth 1877 

Jas.  Allan... 1878 

E.  F.  Miscally 1881 


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NAMES  OF  MEMBERS. 


NAME.  "WHEN  ADMITTED. 

John  Cunningham April,  1811 Dead 

Stephen  Thomas "  "     Dead 

John  Johnson "  "     Dead 

Benjamin  Boyd "  "     Dead 

BIrs.  Caroline  Bulkley "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Charlotte  Hubble ••  " Dead 

Mrs.  Sarah  Bell "  ••    Dead 

Mrs.  M.  Milligan "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  E.  Milliken "  "     .' Dead 

Wm.  Pressly "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Sarah  Briskey "  "    Dead 

Mrs.  A.  Galbraith "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Christiana  Gefken "  "     Dead 

Mrs  Eliza  Thompson "  "     Dead 

Mrs  Susanna  Ellison "  "     Dead 

Richard  Moore "  "     Dead 

James  O'Hear "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  O'Hear "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Fair "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  E.  McElmoyle "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Margaret  Holmes "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Ann  Beggs "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Sarah  Lai dler "  "     .....Dead 

James  Badger "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Chloe  Wotton "  ••     Dead 

Mrs.  M.  M(tLean "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Jane  McAffee "  "     Dead 

James  Watt, •'  "    Dead 

Mrs.  Isabel  Morrison "  " Dead 

Mrs.  Sarah  Minsey "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Mary  Cooper July,  1811  Dead 

John  McDowell "  *     .... Dead 

Mrs.  Mary  McDowell "  "     Dead 

Thomas  Milliken "  "     Dismissed 

6 


82 


NAME.  WH 

Mrs.  Jane  W.  Hunter 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jenkins 

Mrs.  Helen  Smyth 

Mrs.  Catherine  Smith 

Mrs.  Hannah  Symonds 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Thomas 

INlrs.  Ann  McMillan 

Mrs.  M.  Gilliland 

Samuel  Pillsbury 

Mrs,  M.  Pillsbury 

Mrs.  M.  Sergeant 

David  Rechon 

William  Smith,  Sr 

David  Hell 

Thomas  Paine 

Mrs.  Eliza  Allen 

Mrs.  M.  Fairchild 

Mrs.  Eliza  Cole 

Mary  Wilson 

Mary  Oats 

Ann  Oats 

Anna  Guyon 

Mrs.  Sarah  Tovey 

Ann  Bagman 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Lannean 

Mrs.  Eliza  Bagshaw 

Miss  Bella  Brazelman 

Henry  Bennett 

Mrs.  Hannah  Bennett ... 

John  Todd 

Mrs.  Agnes  Todd 

Ellen  Horn 

Margaret  Rogers 

Elizabeth  George 

Sarah  Paine 

Mary  Kelly  

Jane  Brown 


EN  ADMITTED. 

July,  1811  Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

"     Dead 

••     Dead 

••    Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

■•     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

Oct.,  1811  Dead 

••     Dead 

••      Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dismissed 

■■     Dismissed 

•■     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

•     Dead 

"     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

Feb'y  1812 Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

•• Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 


83 


WHEN  ADMITTED. 


Jane  E.  Holmes Feb'y, 

Mrs.  Joanna  Bize 

Harriet  Rechon 

Mrs.  Ursula  Nell 

Elizabeth  Boucheneau 

Emma  Phillips 

Mrs.  R.  Vardell " 

Louisa  Gefken 

Elizabeth  Johnson 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Harper 

Catherine  Guerry 

Phcebe  Maiirand 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Adger 

Mrs.  Maria  M.  Hoff May, 

Catherine  Hoif. 

Hannah  Symonds  (Mrs.  Brown- 

injr) " 

Mrs.  Kosina  Gyles 

Mary  Thompson 

Eliza  Calvert 

Margaret  Smith 

Thomas  Burnhani 

Arnoldus  Crofts 

Mrs.  Louisa  Crofts 

Mary  Crask 

Neil  McGregor 

Jane  McGregor 

Mrs.  Ann  Robertson Aug'st, 

Elizabeth  Robertson 

Miss  M.  Robertson  

Mrs.  Susan  Robinson 

Mrs  Catherine  Smith 

Mrs.  Eliza  Shaw 

Sarah  Rolang 

Edward  Jones 

Mrs.  Rachel  Jones 

Margaret  Easterby Nov., 


1812 Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dismissed 

Dead 

Dismissed 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

.' Dead 

Dead 

1812 Dead 

Diijmissed 


1812. 


1812. 


Dead 

Dead 

.Dismissed 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 


84 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED 

Louisa  Liber Nov.  1812  .., 

Ann  Boucenou "        "     ... 

Margaret  Garland "        "      .. 

Louisa  Crofts ••        "     .., 

Mary  Seignous Feb., 

Mary  Monnar 

Mrs.  C.  Benoist 

Mary  Benoist 

Robert  Wright,  Sr " 

Susanna  Forrester April , 

Mrs  M.  B.  Crow Aug., 

Eleanor  Fordham 

M.  W.  A.  Wilhelm^ Nov., 

John  P.  Wilhelmg " 

Adelaide  Wilhelm^ "        "    . 

Samuel  Patterson March,  1814 

Anna    Tinkam 

Dorcas  Dunham 

Thomas  Fleming 

Mrs.  Elfe " 

Willliam  Royal July, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Royal 

James  C.  Martindale Oct., 

Mrs.      L.      Martindale      (Mrs. 

Reeder) 

Mrs.  Sarah  Russell 

Miss  Caldwell 

Eleanor  Taylor Jan, 

Mrs.  Eliza  Silliman 

Jane  Milligan 

Mrs.  Anthony 

Miss  Mix July, 

James  Eraser 

Mrs.  Sarah  Steele Oct., 

Miss  Waters 

Mrs.  Baldwin 

Jane  Ingraham 


Dead 

••    Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

1813 Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

•■     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

1813 Dead 

1813 Dead 

•■     Dismissed 

1813 Dead 

••     Dead 

••    Dismissed 

Dead 

•■     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

1814 Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

1814 Dead 


.Dead 


1815. 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
Dead 


1815. 


1815. 


Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

.Dismissed 


85 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

William  Brown Jan.,    1816 

Mrs.  Brown "        "     

Ashsell  Bulkley "        "     

William  Vanvancy "        "     

MaryTaylor "        "     

Lewis  Rechon "        "     

Mrs.  Stillman.  April,  1816 

Catherine  Gordon. July,   1816 

Ann  Raymond  (Mrs.  Stillman)      "         *     

Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Moore Nov.,  1816 Dead 


Dead 

Dead 

Dismissed 
Dismissed 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 


John  Robinson 

Mrs.  Jane  Anthony Jan., 

Martha  Robertson April, 

Mrs.  A.  Cunningham July, 

Ann  Moore 

Harriet  Miott 

Charles  S.  Simonton Z 

Mrs.  E.  Simonton  

Hugh  Wilson,  Sr 

Mrs.  Wilson 

Hugh  Wilson,  Jr 

Mrs.  Wilson 

Mary  Richardson 

Mary  Moore Nov., 

Mr.  Gray 

Mrs.  Gray 

Miss  Patterson Jan., 

Mrs.  Rachel  Russell  April, 

Morris  Moon 

John  Black Jan., 

Mrs.  Black 

Jane  Bell 

Mr.  Caldwell " 

AnnNaser April, 

Lavinia  Benson 

Mrs.  Knox 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Henry July, 


Dead 

1817 Dead 

1817 Dead 

1817 Dismissed 

Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

•■     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

•     Dead 

1817 Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

1818 Dismissed 

1818 Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

1819 Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dismissed 

•     Dead 

1819 Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

1819 Dead 


86 


WHEN  ADMITTED. 


iVfary  Henry July, 

Ann  Henry 

Mrs.  Turner July, 

Ann  Turner 

Miss  Martin 

Lois  Street Oct., 

Mrs.  Boyce 

Jane  McAffee 

]\Irs.  Raymond Feb, 

Miss  Raymond 

Christiana  Cotton 

William  H.  Gilliland " 

Mrs.  Ann  E.  Gilliland " 

Mrs.  Lavinia  Brown  

Mrs.  Ann  Adger 

Mrs.  McBride 

Mrs.  Caroline  Burke April, 

Mr.  Williamson 

Mrs.  Galbraith July, 

Mrs.  Ann  Todd 

Mrs.  Louisa  O'Hear 

Amelia  O'Hear 

Eliza  Symonds 

Sarah  Dickson 

Mrs.  Sophia  Rice Jan., 

Mrs.  Hannah  P'aiier July, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Brown 

Mar  ha  Bennett Feb., 

Ann  Rechon 

Louisa  Browning 

Martha  Palmer 

Miss  Clinton 

Edira  Henry April 

Mrs.  Maria  Long 

Mrs.  Electa  Wotton 

Margaret  Robinson  (Mrs.  E.  T. 
Buist) ,    .. 


1819  Dismissed 

■■     Dismissed 

1820 Dead 

■     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

1820 Dismissed 

•     Dead 

•     Dead 

1821 Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

•■     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     T^ead 

••     Dead 

1821 Dismissed 

•■     Dead 

1821 Dead 

••     Dead 

■■     Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

1822 Dead 

1822 Dsmissed 

••     Dead 

1822 Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

1824 Dead 

•     Dead 

••     Dead 

Dead 


87 


NAME.  AVHEN  ADMITTED. 

Roe.  L.  Begojs April,  1824 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Susan  Yardell "  "     Dead 

Eliza  Johnson  (Mrs.  G.  Henry)      "  "     Dismissed 

IVxrs.  C.  Macolmson "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  M.   J.  M.  Thomas   (Mrs. 

Bell) ••  •• Dead 

William  C.  Dukes "  •        Dead 

Henry  Tovey,  Sr ••  "     Dead 

Mrs.  F.  Penndiief. July,  182-1 Dead 

Mary  W.  Patterson "  "     Dismissed 

Jane  Sutlifie "  "     Dismissed 

Elizabeth  Croft "  "     *... Dismissed 

Elizabeth   Cnin  "  "     Dead 

James  Moore "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Eliza  Berbant "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Emma  Burdell "  "     Dead 

Miss    M.    M.    Ruberry     (Mrs. 

Mayes) "  "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Timothy "  "     Dead 

J.C.Anthony "  "     Dead 

Mr.  Cassidy •■  "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Catherine  Wright "  "     Dead 

Miss  M.  Bennett "  "     

Alexander  Brown "  "     

John  Bryan "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  Mary  Bird "  "     Dead 

Charles  O'Neale Ot-t.,  1824 Dead 

Mrs  Eliza  C.  Dukes April,  1825    Dead 

Benjamin  Hammett "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  I.  E.  Hammett "  "     Dismissed 

Mrs     E.  A.  J.    O'Neale   (Mrs. 

Gary) •  "     

D.  W.  Harrison "  "     

Thomas  A.  Vardell "  "     Dead 

Merven  Street "  "     Dead 

Mrs.  H.  R.  Llovd "  "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Charles  P.  Mease "  "     Dismissed 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Mrs.  A.  I.  Broughton April,  1S25 Dismissed 

Hannah  Raymond.  "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Mounsey "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Young "        "     Dead 

Mary  A.  Young "        ••     Dead 

Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Gowan "        "     Dismissed 

Henry  Tovey "        "     Dead 

Jno,  S.  Bird "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Mary  Dickson ••        "     Dead 

EHza   McElmoyle   (Mrs  McEl- 

moyle) "        "     Dismissed 

Eleanor  McElmoyle  (Mrs.  Wal- 
ker)       ••        ••     Dismissed 

Mary  Long "        "     

Ann  Darrell July,   1825 Dead 


Mrs.  Mary  Berney 

Mrs.  Mary  Greer 

Mrs.  Mary  Whitaker 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Enslow Oct., 

PhiUipa  Berney Jan., 

Mrs.  M.  Bennett 

Amelia  Tovey  (Mrs.  Vardell)... 

Mrs.  fcfarah  M.  Gibbs 

Mary  Barney  (Mrs.  Lance)  

Miss  F.  C.  Merchant  (Mrs. 
Douglass.) 

Mrs.  Bowles 

Mrs.  Jane.  K.  Jenkins 

Robert  R.  Gibbs 

Mrs.  Ann  Gibbs 

Mrs.  Jane  H.  Johnson 

Arthurs.  Gibbes 

Kezian  Mills  (Mrs.  Pickens).... 

Miss  S.  M.  Jenkins.." Jan., 

Miss  A.  Lequeux April 

A.  McKenzie 

Sarah  H.  Jones  (Mrs.  Patter- 
son)  July, 


.Dead 


•     Dead 

1825 Dead 

1826 Dismissed 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 

Dead 

Dead 


.Dismissed 


1827 Dismissed 

1827 

•     Dismissed 

1827 Dead 


89 


"     Dead 

1828 Dismissed 

■■     Dismissed 

"     Dismissed 

1828 Disuiissed 

■■     Dismissed 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Mary  S.  Moore Oct.,     1827 Dismissed 

Mr.  Kirkpatrick 

Isabella  Yates  (Mrs.  Snowden)  Jan., 

Eliza  Hurst 

Caroline  Hurst 

Mrs.  S,  McClary April 

Sophia  Berney 

Miss     H.    McElmoyle     (Mrs. 

Bailey) 

Miss  M.  Montgomery  (Mrs.  E. 

Fogartie) 

Mrs.  Baird Oct., 

Jane  Moore  (Mrs.  E.  C.  Keck- 

eleyj " 

Thomas  R.  Vardell Jan., 

John  B.  Adger,  {Rev.) April, 


1828. 


Dead 
Dead 


"     Dead 

1829 Dead 

1829 


"William  Smith June,  1829 Dead 

Mrs.  Mary  Smith "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Bigelow "        "     Dead 

Mrs.Sarah  Bird "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Kebecca  Eraser ••        "     Dead 

Margaret  M.  Adger  (Mrs.   Di. 

Smyth) 

Julia  A.  Vardell  (Mrs.  McClin- 

tock) 

William  Smith Oct., 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Coui'tenay Jan., 

Elizabeth  Moore 

Sarah  Lequeux  (Mrs.  Dewees) 

Fleetwood  Lanneau 

Peter  J.  Suder 

Edward  Fogartie 

Mrs.  Martha  Osborne 

Eliza  J-  Elford(xMrs.  Wheeler)..  Jan., 

Mary  Vardell  (Mrs.  Mack) July,  1830 Dismissed 

Susan  D.  Adger Oct.,   1830 Dead 

Edwin  Bolles  (Uev.) "        ••    Disinissed 


••    Dead 

••     Dismissed 

1829 Dead 

1830 Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

1830 Dismissed 


90 


NAMF.  WHEN  ADMITTED, 

Miss  M.  Black Oct.,  1830 DisQiissed 

Robert  Adger Jan.,    1831 Dead 

Mrs.  A    Harrison "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  M.iry  Clark Apiil,  1831 

Mrs.  Ann  Smith "        "     

Elizabeth  K.  Shrewsbnrj'^  (Mrs. 

Dr.  Adjier) ••        "     Dead 

Mrs.   Susannah   L.   Bell  (Mrs. 

Eaeer) ••        "      Dead 

James  Adger,  Jr ■•        "     Dismissed 

David  L.  Ogden "        -     Di-missed 

William  S.  Ogden  "        "     Dismissed 

Peter  Lannean,  Jr "        "     Dead 

Michael  P  Walsh ••        ••     Dead 

John  G.  Pringle ••        "     Dead 

Eugene  McDermot ••        "     Dismissed 

D.  McNeill  Turner,  .Rev.) "        "     Dismissed 

Edward  C.  Keckeley "        "     Dead 

Ann  S.  Benoist July,  1831 

Gardinia  Gibbes April,  1832 Dead 

James  Adger,  Sr J^dy,  1832 Dead 

William  Adger "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Margaret  Hughes 

Mrs.  Elii.a  Hotiston 

Mrs.  S.  S.  Wilson 

Miss  C.  D.  Montgomery Oct., 

Julia'D.  Gibbs Jan., 

Mrs.  Gracey  Lanneau 

William  Miller... 

Ursulas.   Nell May, 

Mrs.  Ann  Martin 

Mary  C.  Johnson 

Andrew  Lemassena 

Susan  Yardell  July, 

Susan  Ruberry 

Sarah   Anthony    (Mrs.    Whit- 
ney)  April,  1834 Dead 


••     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

•     Dead 

1832 Dead 

1833 Dismissed 


.Dead 


1833. 


••     Dismissed 

•     D'.^missed 

1833 Dead 

•     Dead 


91 


NAME.  \VH 

Reeves  Gibbs 

Mrs  Sarah  Gibbs 

Mrs.  Mary  Gilchrist 

Elias  B.  Hort  (Eev.) 

Mrs  Sarah  White 

Sarah  White 

Mrs  Isabel  Dupre  

Mrs.  Jane  Rechon 

William    Harrall 

Martha  Lowry 

Mrs.  Carberry 

Mrs.  Dogpett 

Miss  M.  A.  Stillman 

Mrs.  Emma  A'ardell 

George  C.  Logan,  (Rev.) 

James  Elder 

Mrs.  Elder 

Mrs.  Ann  C.  Logan 

Mrs.  Rose  Logan 

Mrs.  Emily  Holt 

Mrs.  Esther  Dodd 

George  Patterson 

Charles  P.  Fra'ser 

Mrs.  F'-aser 

E.  R.  Stokes 

Mrs.  Helen  L.  Stokes 

Mrs.  Catherine  Gibbs 

Miss    A.    F.    Robinson    (Mrs. 

Caldwell) 

Ann  Shrewsbury  (Mrs.  William 

Smith) 

Miss  S.  J.  Johnson  (Mrs.  Sam. 

Robinson) 

Will'am  Johnson 

William  McElmoyle 

John  Vardell 

Andrew  F.  Allen 


EN  ADMITTED. 

July,   1834 Dismissed 

■•     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

■• Dismissed 

Jan.,    1S3-5 Dismissed 

••     Dead 

■■     Dismissed 

■■     Dismissed 

•■     Dismissed 

"     Dismissed 

April,  1835 Dead 

••     Dead 

•     Dead 

"     ....Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

"     Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     ....A Dead 

"     Dismissed 

■•     Dismissed 

"     Dismissed 

••     Dismi-^sed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dismissed 


92 


NAME.  WH 

Mrs.  Elenora  Gibbs 

Mrs.  Beulah  Hughes 

Miss  S.  R.  Hughes 

Miss  A.  H.  Hughes  (Mrs.  Auld) 

William  S.  Hughes,  (Rev.) 

William  Yeadon 

Mrs.  Eliza  Yeadon 

Mrs.  Susan  Steedman 

Deborah  Smith  (Mrs.  Steed- 
man) 

Louisa  Elford  (Mrs.  Drayton)... 

Anna  Vardell  (Mrs.  Harrall)... 

Ann  E.  Wotton 

Mary  E.  Dukes  (Mrs.  Ragin)... 

Martha  Anthony 

Jane  Dewees  (Mrs.  Wright) 

Rebecca  Burke 

Harriet  Auld  (Mrs.  Hughes).... 

Eliza  Auld 

Mary  Badger  (Mrs.  Brown) 

Henrietta  Bize  (Mrs.  Mous- 
seau) 

Miss  C.  Johnson 

Mary  Richards 

Caroline  C;rovat*(Mrs.  Reid) 

Mrs.  Eliza  Venning 

Mrs.  Mompoey 

Robert  Tweed 

William  J.  BerrlU 

Benjamin  Gibbs 

John  Carberry 

Donald  J.  Auld,  (Rev.) 

John  McBride ,  

Mrs.  L.  E.  Wheldon 

Mrs.  Ellen  Tweed 

Victoria  Gibbs  (Mrs.  Poole) 

Mary  Bryan 


EN  ADMITTED. 

June,  1835 Dead 

July,    1835 Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

•• Dead 


Dead 

.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 

Dead 

.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


t., 


•     Dead 

••     Dead 

1835 Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

•     Dead 

••     Dismissed 

•■     Dismissed 


93 


jjAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Josephine  J.   Mompoey   (Mrs. 

Stillman) Oct.,  1835  Dismissed 

Mrs.  M.  Shrewsbury "        "     Dead 

Eobert  Gibbs Jan.,  1836 Dead 

John  McMaster "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.McMaster "        "     Dismissed 

Rebecca  Giles "        "     Dismissed 

MargaretTurner  (Mrs.  Holmes)      "        "     Dismissed 

MissHorton "        "     Dismissed 

Isaac  Auld "        "     - Difemissed 

Charles  A.  Stillman,  (Rev.) "        " Dismissed 

Alfred  R.  Stillman "        "     - ^^a<^ 

Miss  E.  Pringle "        "     Disi.iissed 

Agnes  Eason  (Mrs.  Carrington)      "        -     Dismissed 

John  Dewees "        "     Dsmissed 

Francis  Harrall "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Marv  A.  Logan "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs  Hannah  Dewees April,  1836 Dead 

Charles  J.  Sparks Oct.,  18.% Dead 

Hannah  V.Lee Jan.,  1837 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Arms "        "     ^^^^ 

Eleanor  Parsons "        "     ^^^^ 

Mrs.  Isabel  Allan "        "     ^^^^ 

John  McMillan April,  1837 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Mary  McMillan "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Elias  Jones "        "     ^^^^ 

Sarah  Arms "        "     P^^*^ 

Abraham  Wilson "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Susan  Wilson ■•        "     .•• Dismissed 

John  Henderson "        "     * 

Mrs.  Adams "         '     Dismissed 

Jane  O.Daniel "        "     Dismissed 

James  M.Caldwell July,  1837 Dismissed 

Mrs.  R.  A.  Parker "        "     t^  "i 

James  McElhenny Oct.,    1837 Dead 

Roberts.  Church "        "     Dismissed 

Alexander  McKenzie "        "     Dismissed 


94 


NAME.  WH 

Mrs.  R.  McKenzie 

George  Moffett 

Mrs.  Agnes  Moftett 

Mrs.  Flavel  Peachy 

Frederick  Wittpen 

Mrs.  Joanna  VVittpen 

Mrs.  Ann  W.  Gibbs 

Mrs.  Jane  E.  Adger 

Miss  H.  Raymond  (Mrs.  Eraser) 

James  Muir 

Deborah  Lee 

Mrs.  E.  L  Gildersleeve 

Mrs.  Leman 

Joseph  Mclnnes 

Mrs.  Mary  Poole 

William  P.  Levy 

Mr.  Kirkpatrick 

Mrs.  Catherine  Boyce 

Sarah  H.  Miller 

James  Ramsey 

Mary  A.  Warren 

Mrs.  S.  A.  Eogartie 

Hall  T.  McGee.  Sr 

Mrs.  Mary  W.  McGee 

Martha  McGee 

James  Dufi" 

Mrs.  Eliza  Thomson 

Hugh  AV^ilson 

Mrs.  Ann  Levy 

Mrs.  Eliza  Sibley 

Mr.  Pascho 

Mrs.  Pascho 

Benjamin  Douglass 

John   Crawford 

Mrs.  J.  M'!  Elhenny 

William   Miller 

John  Curry 


EN  AD.MITTED. 

Oct.,  1837 Dismissed 

•■     Dead 

■•     Dismissed 

■     Disniis.sed 

Jan.,    1838 

••     Dead 

"  Dead 

"  Dead 

•■  Dismissed 

■■  Dismissed 

•     Dead 

April,  1838 Dismissed 

July,  1838 Dismissed 

Oct.,    1838 Dead 

Jan.,  1839 Dismissed 

■■ Dismissed 

■■     Dismissed 

■■     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

Oct.,  1839 Dead 

•■     Dismissed 

April,  1839 Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

•■     Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

•■     Dismissed 

■■     Dismissed 

July,  1839 Dead 

Oct.,    1839 Dead 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 


95 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

James  Kirker Oct.,  1839  Dismissed 

James  S.  Chambers Jan.,  1840 Dismissed 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Chambers -        -     Dismissed 

William  Wilson April,  1840 Dismissed 

Robert  L.  Tweed.  ••        ••     Dismissed 

Mrs.  E.  Ellison ••        ••     Dismissed 

R.  C.  Carson ••        ••     Dismissed 

Mrs.  H.  E.  Carson ••        Dead 

Tilson  Ripley ••        Dead 

Martha  Martin  (Mrs.  Given) -        ••     Dismissed 

Thomas  Martin  -         ••     ;.... Dismissed 

Mrs  .C.  Conturier Jn'}';  1840 Dead 

Robert  Black Oct.,    1840 Dismissed 

Emmelina  Auld ••        -     Dismissed 

Mary  Auld ••        -     Dismissed 

Francis  Auld -        -     Dismissed 

Mrs  Beulah  Hughes "        "     Dead 

S.  R.  Hughes  (Mrs.  S.illman)...        •        "     

David  Hottman Jan.,   1841 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Harriet  Burns ••        -     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Margaret  H.  Adger ••        "     

Mrs.  Allen ••         -     Dead 

Mrs.  Susanna  Tweed April,  1811 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Mary   Sm'th Jan.,    lo42 Dead 

R.  D.  Killin ••         ■     Dismis.-^e(l 

Mrs.  Harriett  Elmore April,   1842 Dismissed 

Mrs    Mary  Jones  July,  1842 Dead 

Mrs.  Peter  Lanneau Oct.,    1842 

Samuel  S.  Clarke •■        "     

Jane  R.  Clarke ••        " Dismissed 

Edward  W.  Bancroft ■■        -     Di.smissed 

John  R.  Elford ••        "     Dismissed 

Edward  R.  Poole "        ••     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Margaret  Browning •        "     

Miss  M.  Courtenay Jan.,  1843 Dismissed 

liobert.  J.  Griffith "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Eliza  Griflfiih ••        "     Dismissed 


96 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Mary  S.  Badeau April  1843 Dismissed 

Thomas  T.  Windsor "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Martha  Windsor "        "     Dismissed 

Arthur  Fogartie "        "     Dismissed 

Eliza  Jackson "        *•     Dismissed 

Archibald   Duncan Oct.,   1843  Dead 

Mr.s.  Jane  Johnson "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  A.  Duncan "        "     Dead 

Mary    Johnson    (Mrs.    Ander- 
son)   "        "     

Susan  Johnson    (Mrs.     J.     E.- 

Adger) "        "     

John  B.  Girardeau "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  M.  F.  Girardeau ••        "     Dismissed 

William  Veronee "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  C.  Veronee "        "     Dismissed 

William  Murdock "        "     Dismissed 

Jane  Rentoule "        "     Dismissed 

William  Bell ••        "     Dismissed 

AnnaS.  Moffett  (Mrs.  J.  Simon- 
ton) "        "     

Mrs.  Margaret  Elwood Jan.,    1844 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Julia  Graves "        "     

Eachel  Burnside "        "     Dismissed 

Isabella  Tnrnbull  (Mrs.  Gray)..  "        "     

Alexander  Fulton "        "      Dismissed 

George  E.  Clarke "        "     

Walter  Steele "        "     Dismissed 

Jane  Burnside "        '"     

Mrs.  Susan  Lee "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Ann  Duffus April, 1844 Dead 

Mary  E.  Duffiis  (Mrs.  Seyle) "        "     

Ann  Duffus "        "     

Jane  E.  Duftus "        "     

Mrs.  E.  W.  Bancroft "        "     

Mrs.  M.  J.  Milliken "        "     

Mrs.  McClure "        "     Dismissed 


97 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Emma  McClnre    (Mrs.  J.   Car- 
berry)  April,  1844 Dismissed 

William  Bearing Dead 

Anna  C.  Wotton ••        "     Dismissed 

John  A.  Smyth ••        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Mary  J.  Griffith ••        -     Dismissed 

Charlotte  Nelson  (Mrs.  Blinn)      ••        "     Dismissed 

Nancy  Courtenay "        "     Dismissed 

George  M.  Godwin 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Armstrong 

Catherine  Johnson 

Robert  Small 

Mrs.  Ann  Small  

James  Dillingham Oct.,   1844 Dead 

Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Robson Jan.,   1845 Dead 

]\Irs.  P.  A.  Roberts "        "     Dismissed 

John  Caldwell ••        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Jean  Caldwell "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  C.  L.  Miller ••        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Blanchard "        "     Dismissed 

Charles    (Simonton April,  1845 Dead 


Wm  McCarrell 

Arnold  W.  Miller  (Rev.) Oct., 

Robert  S.  Wright - 

Robert  Small  (Rev.) 

James  R  Bancroft 

John  McBride 

Mrs.  Susan  Timrod 

Mrs.  Eliza  Wilson Jul}') 

Mrs.  D.  Marshall 

Mrs.  Jemima  Finley 

James  L.  Roberts Jan.. 

James  L.  Stevenson 

Jane  A.  Adger 

J.  Ellison  Adger 

Thomas  J.  Girardeau  (Rev.).... 

Margaret  Simonton  (Mrs.  Tim- 

mons) 

7 


■     Dismissed 

1845 Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

"     Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 

1845 

••     Dead 

1846 Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 


.Dead 


98 


WHEN  ADMITTED. 


cU^ 


^^iA^-OIOO. 


Susan  R.  Dukes  (Mrs.  Dr.  Cain)..  Jan.,  1846 

Anna  R.  Simonton 

Jane  E.  Leman 

A.  Flinn  Browning 

Andrew  Moftett April, 

Mrs.  Anna  Moffett 

jZtU^  Mary  Moffett  (Mrs.  F.  W. 
C^rU.A^        Clement) " 

John  R.  Moffett " 

George  H.  Moftett 

John  Anderson 

Mrs,  Emily  Goodwin 

Mrs.  Susanna  Walsh 

Hugh  R.  Banks 

Mrs.  Caroline  Banks 

Mrs.  Margaret  J.  Banks  (Mrs. 
Eason) 

Mrs.  Eliza  B.  Smith 

Mrs.Jane  M.  White 

Mrs.  I.  J.  Williams 

William  T.  White " 

James  E.  White  (Rev.) 

Peter  J.  Suder 

Mrs.  Elvira  M.  Suder 

Charles  Maul 

Mrs.  Clementina  Maul 

Mrs.  Archibald  Cameron 

John  Percival 

Mrs.  Susan  Percival 

Mrs.  D.  McDermid  (Mrs.  Came- 
ron)  

Robt.  McDermid 

Mrs.  S.  McDermid 

Jane  Mclndoe 

Mrs.  Adam  Oliver 

William  Sang 

Mrs.  Susan  Sang 


Dead 

1846 Dead 

Dead 


.Dead 
•  Dead 
.Dead 
.Dead 


.Dismissed 

Dead 

Dead 


Dead 

.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dead 
.Dead 
.Dead 


.Dead 
.Dead 


Dismissed 
,  Dismissed 


99 


NAMK.  WHEN 

Mrs.  Sarah  Muidock 

Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Baxley 

Alexander  Galbraith... 

Thomas  Courtenay 

Mrs.  Courtenay. 

Miss  M.  Courtenay 

Ellen  Crawford 

James  Stillman 

Caroline  Stillman 

John  S.  Small 

Arthur  Small,  (Rev.) 

Mary  E.  Small 

William  J.  Mc^'lure 

William  N.  Carberry 

John  Carberry 

Andrew  Gray 

Alexander  Allen 

Joseph  L.  Enslow 

Joseph  A.  Enslow 

AVilliam  G.  Armstrong 

William  Milliken 

Charles  Graves 

John  K.  Simonton 

Elizabeth   H.    Simonton  (Mrs. 

G.  H.  Moflett) • 

A.  Markley  Lee 

Mrs.  Mary  T.  Robinson 

Ann  R.  Robertson  

Miss  A.  M.  C.  Dukes 

Miss    L.    C.    Dukes  (Mrs.  Dr. 

Cain 

Louisa  Burdell  t  Mrs.  Agnew)... 

Sarah  A.  Vardell 

Miss  S. W.  Dewees(  Mrs.  Hamlin) 
Miss    M.    E.    Eider  (Mrs.    Mc 

Clure) 

Miss  M.  H.  Uewees 


ADMITTED. 

■■     Dismissed 

■■     Dismissed 

■     Dismissed 

■■     ...Dismissed 

"     Dismissed 

■■     Dismissed 

"     Dead 

•    •. Dead 

■■     Dismissed 

"     Dismissed 

"     Dead 

•■     Dismissed 

"     Dead 

"     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

"     Dead 

••     Dead 

••    Dismissed 

••     Dead 

••     Dead 

••     Dismissed 

••     Dismissed 


100 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Miss  E.  H.  Dnwees 

Jane  C.  Anthony 

Louisa  J.  Smith 

Quintana  Smith  (Mrs.  Paxton) 

Miss    G.     Burckmeyer     (Mrs. 
John  R.  Moffett) - 

Miss  E.  B.  Burckmeyer  (Mrs. 
Anderson) 

Miss  S.  A.  Prinwle • 

Mary  L.  Fleming 

Eliza  Chambers 

Mary  E.  Brown 

Sarah  E.  Steele 

Maria  H.  Bird  (Mrs.  Taylor)... 

Charlton  Henry  Bird 

Sedgwick  M.  Bailey 

"William  E.  Dunlap 

William  Y.  Paxton •• 

Elizabeth  Russell.- 

Mr.^.  Amanda  F.  Wheeler 

Ebenezer  H.  Rodgers 

Mrs.  Ann  L.  Rodgers 

William  R.  Parker 

Charlton  H.  Browning 

William  L.  Wilkie - 

John  Stephenson 

William  G.  Vardell,  (Rev.) " 

^Hugh  Wilson,  Jr 

Pu^^        ^Mrs.  J.  McC.  Quigley July 

.-huJiZJ^''^-  ^^-  ^-  Campbell •• 

I  Mrs.  Ann  E.  Parker 


^.j&KJ^iT^*^ 


Miss  E.  M.  Girardeau 

William  J.  McCormick,  (Rev,) 

Dr.  James  Morrow 

Robert  A.  Clark 

Jane  J.  Windsor  (Mrs.  Miller).. 
William  Bell  Corbett,  (Rev.)... 


Oct..  1846 


.Dead 


Dead 

.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


Dead 

.Dismissed 

.Dismissed 

Dismissed 

.Dismissed 


.Dead 


Dismissed 

Dismissed 

Dead 

Dismissed 

Dismissed 

Dismissed 

1846 Dead 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dead 
.Dead 


101 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Robert  C.  Gilchrist Jan.,   1847 Dismissed 

Charles  W.  DeLand ••        -     

Mrs.  Margaret  Linen April,  1847 Dead 

Elizabeth  Given  (Mrs.  Yates)...      ••        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Jane  Burke ••        ••     Dismissed 

Caroline  White July,  1847 

Miss  B.  Chalmers "        ••     

Mrs.  Catherine  Leman ••        "     

Mrs.  Nancy  Mclndoe Oct.,  1847 

James  Burnside "        "     

JohnRElford "        ;•     

D.  L.  Buttolph,(Rev.) July,  1848 ...Dismissed 

Mrs.  Harriet  Small "        •;     

Mrs.  C.  E.  Clarke "        "     

William  J.  Gmith ••        -     Dead 

Mrs.  M.  C.  Smith "        ••     Dead 

Mrs.  Eliza  Griffith ••        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Jane  Griffith "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  E.  H.  Brailsford ••        "     

E.  G.  Walker,  (Rev.) "        "     

James  Gibbes Qet.,   1848 

William  J.  Bradford "        "     

Mrs.  W.  J.  Bradford "        -     

Miss  E.  O.  Cunningham "        "     

Mrs.  Isabella  McCabe Jan.,   1849 Dead 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Delaunay "        "     Dismissed 

Mary  McElhose "        "     

Mrs.  E.  Chambers April,  1849 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Clarke "        "     

James  T.  AVaite,  (Rev.) "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  S.  J.  Robinson ••        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Margaret  Scott July,  1849 

Mrs.  Whittemore "        "     

Hugh  Wilson ••        "     

Alexander  Chalmers "        " 

Miss  N.  McCarrell "        "     ^ 

Miss  Barbara  Ritchie Jan.,    1850 Dismissed 


102 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Kitchie Jan.,  1850 Dismissed 

Miss  Margaret  Ritchie 

John  V.  Lyon 

WilUam  H.  Beach 

C.  P,  Fraser 

Mrs.  M.  Munro 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Budd July,  1850 

Mrs.  Annie  R.  Jacobs Oct.,   1850 

Mrs.  E.  F.  C.  Jones "        "     

James  Corbett "        " 

John  Carberry,  Jr • "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  J.  Carberry,  Jr "        "     

Mrs.  Eliza  M.  Suder Jan.,  1851 

Mrs.  R.  W.  Bancroft "        "     

Algernon  E.  Taylor "        "     Dead 

George  S.  Cook "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  EUza  S.  Cook "        "     Dead 

Archibald  Campbell "        "     

Mrs.  E.  McCarrell April,  1851 Dismissed 

Robert  McNeill Jan.,   1852 

Mrs.  Margaret  McNeill,  (Mvs. 

Burleigh.) "        "     

Charlton  H.  Browning "        "     

Mrs.  M.  A.  Blanchard "        "     

Mrs.  Jane  Brownrigg *•        ••     

Catherine  Hannay "        "     ,. 

Hannah  Dewees ••        " 

Eachel  Gilmore "        ••     

Andrew  Gibbes ••        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  E.  H.  ShiflFer April,  1852 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Girvan "        ••     

Mrs.  Jane  A.  Duncan "        '•     

Eliza  P.  Small "        "     

Mrs.  Mary  Grinlinton "        "     

Martha  J.  Small ••        "     

John  Knox "         ••     

Eleazer  Phillips "        "     


103 


I^^jIE.  WHEN  ADMITTF.D. 

Mrs.  K.  Phillips April,  1852 

Miss  M.  C.  Phillips "        "     

Mrs.  J.  G.  Baillie J"ly,  1852 

Mrs.  Marv  Girardeau "        "     

John  M.  Carberry "        " ^^ead 

Mrs.  Emily  Carberry "        "     

Frederick  D.  Fanning Oct.,  1852  

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Fanning "        "     

Miss  M.  W.  Fanning "        "     ^^^^ 

WillingtonA.Shepard. "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Hannah  Conover "        "     : 

Mrs.  John  V.Lvon "        "     

William  Green "        "     Dismissed 

Matthew  Green,  (Rev.). "        "     

Mrs.  Marion  J.Glenn Jan.,  1853 

Hermon  E.  Vass "        "     

Mrs.  Harriett  E.  Vass "        "     

Sarah  Percival,  (Rumley.) "        "     

Miss  S.  A.  Fogartie "        "     

Mrs.  M.J.  Browning "        "     

Mrs  Matilda  Eibrock "        "     

Susan  Eibrock "        "      

Samuel  Webb "        "     • ' 

Alexander  Cochran "        "     

John  McElroy Mar.,  1853 

Mrs.  AnnMcElroy "        "     

Sarah  McElroy "        "     

Miss  M.  E.  Monro "        "     

MissC.  McK.  Grant April,  18-53 

Elizabeth  Gilchrist "        "_   

Martin  McMaster Jan-,  18^4 

Mrs.  M.  A.  McMaster "        "     

James  N.  Eobson "        "     

Mrs.  Ann  E.  Robson "        "     

AVillington  A.  Shepard "        "     

James  S.  Roberts "        "     

Mrs.  P.  A.  Roberts "        "     


104 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Mrs.  Mary  Banks Jan.,  1854 

R.  M.  McCormick,  (Rev.) _    "        "     Dismissed 

E.  O.  Frierson,  (Rev.) May,  1854 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Susan  Anderson ••        "     

Miss  M.  J.  Anderson ••        ••     

Thomas  M.  Matthews ....' "        "     

Mrs.  Eliza  Matthews ••        ••     

William  C.  Dunlap ••        "     

John  Leckie ••        "     

Mrs.  H.  L.  Hughes "        "     Dead 

Clara  VV.  Adger ••        "     

Mrs.  Ann  Chambers ••        ••     

Mrs.  Ann  B.  Marshall Jan.,  1855 Dead 

Mrs.  Mary  H.  Millar -        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Ella  Simonton ••        ••     Dismissed 

Robert  McElroy ■•        ••     Dead 

C,  N.  Averill ••        -     

Mrs  Sarah  Averill ••        -     Dead 

William  J.  Yates July,  1855 

Mrs.  Caroline  A.  Mustard "        "     

William  Dewees ••        "     

Mrs.  Georgiana  Elford,  (Leval.) 

Thomas  F.  McNeill Oct., 

Susan  Gibbes 

Mrs.  Martha  Cochran 

Eleanor  Beattie 

George  McNeill 

Andrew  McD.  Brown Oct., 

W.H.Burleigh May,  1858. 

Kezia  J  Dukes,  (Carson.) "  "     . 

Caroline  D.  Fogartie "        "     

Esther  I.  Fogartie,  (McKenzie)      "        "     Dismissed 

Gracia  Lanneau "        "     

Louisa  R.  Millar,  (Toomer.^ "        "     Dead 

Isabella  McElroy "        "     Dead 

Mary  Ann  Whittaker "        "     

Mrs.  Ann  Amelia  Shingler "        " 


1855. 


.Dismissed 

Dead 

Dead 

Dead 


"     Dead 

1857 Dead 

Dead 

Dismissed 


105 


NAiME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

J.  Adger  Smyth May,  1858 

Augustine  T.  Smythe "        "     

Susan  D.  A,  Smyth "        "     Dead 

F.H.Whitney "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Carohne  B.  Chapman Nov.,  1858 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Emily  Bliss "        "     

C.  O.  Martindale "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Morrow "        "     Dead 

Arthur  Morrow ••        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Isabella  Henderson Aug  ,  1859 Dead 

Edgar  E.  Sell Feb.,  1861  Dismissed 

Mrs.  E.  SiQith May,  18G1 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Anna  Van  Noy  Smith "        "     ! Dead 

Mrs.  E.  C.  Knox Aug.,  1861 Dead 

Mrs.  Annie  R.  Smyth "        "     

Sarah  Annie  Smyth Nov.,  1861 

Jane  A.  A.  Smyth,  (Flinn.) -  "        "     Dismissed 

Sarah  E.  Griffith Feb.,  1862 Dismissed 

Mary  B.  Burckmeyer •■        ••     

James  M.  Carson Feb.,  1866 Dead 

Louisa  Averill,  (Porter.) "        "     Dead 

Sarah  R.  Hughes "        "     Dead 

Emmeline  Hughes "        ••     Dead 

Ellison  A.  Smyth "        "     Dismissed 

Margaret  C.  Adger,  (Manning)  May,  1866 Dead 

J.  A.  McDermid,  (Lee) "        "      Dismissed 

Ella  I.  McDermid,  (Butler) ••        ••     

Norman  N.  McDermid "        "     

Jane  D.  Wright ••        "     

Lavinia  E.  Cook Nov.,  1866 Dismissed 

Alice  Duncan "        ••     

Thaddeus  Street  Burdell "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  He'en  Burdell "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  D.  M.  McGee "        •■     Dead 

Mrs.  Catherine  Bryan  Chisolm      '•        "     Dead 

Alfred  A   Smith "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  Julia  S.  Brailsford,  (Knox)  Feb.,  1867 


106 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Mary  Eugenia  Millar Feb.,  1867  Dead 

Julia  E.  Smith,  (Wright) May,  1867 Dismissed 

Agnes  M   Adgor,  (Ravenel) "         •     Dismissed 

Sue  W.  Seyle "  "     

Mrs.  Mary  C.  Martin -  "     

George  Martin ■•  -     Dead 

Mrs.  Rose  I.  Logan '•  •■     Dismissed 

George  C.  Logan ••  ••     Dismissed 

George  L.  Cook ••  -     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Florence  M.  Addison Aug.,  1867 

Fannie  L.  Cook "  "     Dead 

Barbara    L.   McDermid,   (Mis- 

cally) ••  •• 

Christina  I.  Mustard "  "     

Eliza  Venning  Eager "  "     Dead 

Mary  A.  Mclndoe ••  "     

Anna  S.  Griffith "  "     

Horatio  C.  Hughes "  "     

E.  F.  Miscally •  "     

Andrew  Greer Nov.,  1867 Dead 

Benjamin  M.  Fogartie "  "     Dead 

Elizabeth  G.  Fogartie '•  "     

William  W.  Houston "  "     Dead 

Eliza  C.  Dukes Feb.,  1868 Dismissed 

Elizabeth  Grant,  (Rose) "  "     

Amelia  C   Kotch,  (Carnaghan)      "  "     

Colin  McK.  Grant ••  *•     

Robert  Wright "  "     Dead 

Authur  Fogartie "•  "     Dead 

Margaret  A.  S.  Duncan •'  "     

Mrs.  Ann  E.  Whitney May,  1868 Dead 

Gustave  J.  Luhn Aug.,  1868 Dismissed 

Percival  Peers "  "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Sarah  Younge  Grim ke....       "  "     

Helena  Mclndoe Nov.,  1868 

Elizabeth  R.  Simonton "  "     Dead 

Jane  C.Wilson Feb.,  1869 


107 


NAME.  WH 

Amelia  M.  A.  Wilson 

Eliza  K.  Bliss 

Annie  R.  Stillman 

Sarah  A.  Moffetl 

Margaret  Smyth  Fogartie 

Caroline  J.  Smith 

James  J.  Chisolm,  Rev 

Isabella  Martin 

Wm.  B.  Shaw 

Mrs.  M.E.Shaw 

Wm.    C.  Forsythe 

Mrs.  Rosetta  S.  Smythe, 

Mrs.  Julia  G.  Smyth 

John  McNeill 

Mary  McNeill 

Mrs.  Susan   McNeill 

Annie  T.  Quigley 

Frank  F.  Whilden 

Mattie  Taylor 

Agnes  G.  Fogartie 

Jane  Ann  Duncan 

Mary  A.  Villeponteux 

Minnie  C.  Mustard 

Eliza  Gibbes 

C.  E.   Chichester,  Rev 

Mrs.   J.  E.   Chichester 

Martha  Percival   (Shaw) 

Mrs.  Lizzie  Newton 

Mary  W.   Brailsford 

Edward  Percival 

Thomas  S.  Wright 

Elizabeth  Duncan  (Stafford).  . 

Mary  S.  Duncan 

Alice  Stowell 

Robert  Mclndoe 

Wm.  J.  Quigley 

Lilla  J.  Quigley 


EN  ADMITTED.      ' 

Feb.,  1869 Dead 

May., 1869 


Nov.,  1869 Dismissed 


Dead 

Dismissed 

Dead 

Feb.,  1870 Dead 

Dismissed 


May, 


Aug., 


Nov., 


.Dismissed 
Dead 


Dismissed 

Dead 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dead 
.Dead 


108 


NAME.  WH 

Mrs.  Ann  Ryan 

Eliza  Smith 

Mrs.  Sarah  Gardner 

John  B.   Adger  Smith...  

Mrs.  Margaret  Grant 

Mrs.  M.  k.  Marshall,  (Riggs)... 

Robert  White 

Mrs.  Catherine  White 

Anna  B.  White 

Mrs.  Barbara  McNeill 

Wm.  John  Reed 

Mrs.   M.   G.  Hughes,  ^Harral) 

Mattie  M.  Taylor 

Margaret  A.  Timmons 

J.  N.  McGibbon 

Anna  Cochran,  (Morrill) 

Jane  McCaeffer,  (Rainier) 

Mrs.  Lydia  Sawtelle 

Lizzie  Henderson 

Eliza   Griffith 

Mrs.  Eliza  G.  Fogartie 

Wm.   J.  Timmons 

Mrs.  T.  Louise  Brackett 

W.  R.  Henderson 

George  F.  Whilden 

Mrs.  Alice  S.  Whilden 

Eliza  J.  E.  Adams 

Mrs.  Barbara  H.  Percival 

Samuel  J.  Bee 

Mrs.  IdaE.  Bee 

Paul  W.  Saunders 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Saunders 

Mrs.  Agnes  Duncan 

Mrs.  Kate  M.  Legare 

Isabel  M.  Clark 

Andrew  M.  Adger 

Mary  A.Toomer 


EN  ADMITTED. 

Jan.,  1871 Dead 

Feb., 


May, 


Aug. 


Nov. 


May,  1872 Dismissed 

Dismissed 


Aug., 

Nov. 


Nov. 
Feb. 
Mar. 

May 


July 

Aug. 


Dead 

Dead 

.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


Dead 

.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


18 


Dismissed 

73 Dismissed 

Dead 


•Dead 


Dead 

.Dismissed 


109 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Margaret  B.  Moffett Nov.,    "  ... 

J.  Watkins  Lee Feb.,  1874.. 

Mrs.  Louisa  S.  McElroy -  ••  ... 

Jane  J.  Quigley July  "  ... 

William  Mather ••  ••  ... 

Alexander   McNeill ••  ••  ... 

Mrs.  J.N.   McGibbon Feb.,  1875... 

Florence  V.  Venning,  (Bolger)       ••  ••  ... 

Mrs.  Jane  J.  Miller -  ••  ... 

Irene  L.  Whitney May  "  ... 

Mary  L.  Whilden,  (Mining)...       "  "  ... 

Kate  B.  Chisolm,  (Walters)...  Nov.,  "  ..., 

Annie  R.   Robinson ••  ••  ... 

Ann  E.  Robson,  (McDermid)...      "  ••  ... 

Sarah  Ragin   Smyth ••  

J  EvansBritton Jan.,  1876... 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Britton ••  -  ... 

Evelyn  R.  Hughes Feb.  "  ... 

Philo  D.   Mickles ••  ••  ... 

C  Calhoun  Bolger ••  ••  ... 

John   D.  Percival "  "  ... 

Ellison  A.  Smyth,  Jr ••  "  ... 

Hattie  J.  Whilden,   (Briggs)...      -  "  ... 

Maggie  B.   Chisolm ••  ••  ... 

Catherine   Bush ••  ••  ... 

P.  Hamilton  Chisolm •"  "  .... 

J-  Bryan  Chisolm ••  "  ... 

J.  Julian  Chisolm ••  ••  ... 

Gilbert  G.   DuPont "  •■  ... 

Dr.  Wilfred  DuPont ••  "  ..., 

Mrs.  S.  A.  DuPont ••  -  ... 

Mrs.  H.  E.  Thames Mar.  "  ... 

Alice  Irene   Bean,  (Palmer)...      "  ••  ... 

George  Pardue ••  "  .... 

Wm.  H.  Wanaka "  "  .... 

Percival  Newman "  "  .... 

Humbert  M  Collins "  "  .... 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


Dead 

.Dismissed 


..Returned 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
Dead 


.Dismissed 
Dead 


.Dead 


Dead 

.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


Dismissed 
Dead 


110 


NAME.  WH 

Wm.  H.  Houston 

Alice  R.  Bean  (Lockwood) 

George  S.  Donan 

Mary  Florence  Eberly 

Sarah  O.  Johnson 

Florence  O.  Johnson 

Mary  Elizabeth  McNeill 

Richard  N.  Brackett 

George   M.  Wells 

Mrs,  Mary  E.  Wells 

Mrs.  Rebecca    Beau 

Titus  Bissell    Anderson 

Mrs.  Julia  G.  Hughes 

Miss  Lizzie  R.  Whilden 

Mrs.  Louisa  A.  Collins 

Mrs.  Lillie  W.  Pardue 

Maggie  B.  Eason,  (Whilden)... 

Elvira  C    Jarratt 

Lizzie  Hamlin 

Robertina  C-  White 

Maggie  McNeill,  (Harms) 

Robert  F.  Burdell 

Catherine  S.   Whittaker   (Mc- 

Kinnon) 

Bessie  JS.  Mofiett(  Moore) 

Anna  M.  Moftett  (Dillingham). 

Louisa  Sponagle 

JohnB.  Moffett 

Mrs.  Carrie  Banks  Smitii  (Hu- 

ger) 

Elizabeth  C.  Carrere 

Henry  M.  Carrere 

Hugh  S.  Legare  Chisolm 

John  T.  S.  Harrison 

J.  R.  Logan 

Mrs.  Mary  Beebe 

Daniel  C.  Ross 


EN  ADMITTED. 

April,  1876 Dead 

Dismissed 

Dismissed 


May 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 

.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
Dead 


.Dismissed 


Dismissed 

Dismissed 

July,  1876 Dismissed 

•■     Dismissed 

••     Dead 

■     Dismissed 

May,    1877 Dismissed 

"     Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


Nov.  1877. 


••     Dead 

Jan.    1878 Dismissed 

•     Dead 

••     Dismissed 


Ill 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Finn Jan.,  1878 Dismissed 

James  G.  Moffett April  1878 Dead 

Mrs.  Jane  Logan May,  1878 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Barbara  Riddock Nov.   1878 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Baker "        Dismissed 

Mrs.  Eliza   Burdges Feb.    1879 Dismi-sed 

HallT.  McGee "        "     

Joseph  E.  Aide rt Mch.  1879 

Carrie  M.  Aldert  (Hayne) "        "     

John  W.  Linley •        "     Dismissed 

Margaret  Jane  White April,  1879 Dismissed 

Mrs.  M.  R.  Aldert May,  1879 

Eugene  W.  Watkins "  '     ....Dismissed 

Mrs.  Ida  C.  Linley.. "     Dismissed 

Martha  Osborne Feb.    1880 Dead 

George  McKillop "        "     Dead 

Abram  F.  Gooding "         "     

Mrs.  Mary  Gooding "         "     

Mrs.  Addie  Watkins  "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  O.  E.  Johnson,  Jr -        "     Dismissed 

0.  E.  Johnson,  Jr "        "     Dismissed 

Henry  McCarrell "        "     

Mrs.Sarah  McNeill  King May,  1880 

Mrs.  Minnie  A.  Burdges "        "     Dismissed 

Wm.  J.  Yates "        "     

Mrs.  Eliza  J.  Yates "        "     

Mrs.  Mary  R.  M.  Stickney Nov.   1880 

John  F.  Roberts "        "     

Mrs.  Eliza  S.  Roberts ••        "     

Mrs.  Carrie  A.  Steinmeyer "        "     

Frances  I.  Smith •••      "        "     

Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Adams •        "     

Mary    Holmes , "        "     

Mrs.  Lillie  Cook Nov.   1880 Dismissed 

Sallie  P.  Bliss "        "     

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Dixon  "        "     

Mrs.  Alice  R.  McClure "        "     


112 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

■George  L   Pratt Feb.    1881 Dismissed 

Mrs  Ellen  M.   Pratt "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Mary  E,  Wilson "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Mary  E.   Clark 

Mrs.  M.  H,  DeSaussure '•     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Margaret  Eason "        "     Dead 

Sarah  M.  Robson 

Sarah  C.  Allan 

Margaret  T.  Moffett 

Mary  W.  Neill 

■Susan  T.  McGee " 

Allie  Legare "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Jessie  McL.  Whilden "        "     Dismissed 

Benjamin  F.  Whilden "        "     Dead 

Charles  Bennett  Whilden 

Matilda     G.    Forsythe     (Cos- 
grove) May,  1881 Dismissed 

Dr.  Charles  B.  Lanneau "        "     

Mrs.  Helen  Lanneau "        "     

Andrew  M.  Arnot July,   1881 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Eleanor  L.  Arnot "        "     Dead 

Julia  W.  Smith  (Wier) Nov.    1881 Dismissed 

Louisa  C.  Smythe  (Stoney) "        '      

Mary  C.  McGee , "        "     

Dr.  J.  L.  Becket "        "     Dismissed 

Dr.  B.  M.  Lebby •        "     

Mrs.  A.  A.  Lebby •'        "'     — 

Mrs.  Caroline  B.  Chapman Feb.     1882 Dismissed 

Hosa  C.  Chapman "        "     Dismissed 

J.  Bennet  Lanneau "        "     .Dismissed 

Mrs.  Julia  F  Lanneau "        "     Dismissed 

L.  George  Corbett •*        "     Dismissed 

Grace  C.  Allan "        "     

Wm.  Sutherland  Allan "        "     

Elizabeth  C.  Addison "        "     

Florence  G.    Addison   (Kauff- 

ner) "        "     


113 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Mrs.  Eugenia  Horlbeck May,  1882 

Ellen  S.  Johnson ••        ••     .. 

Mary  M,  Johnson ••        ••     

Agnes  Neill ••        • 

Henry  C.  Robertson ••        ••     Dead 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Robertson  ••        ••     

Marion  S.  Robertson  (Pelzer)...      ••        -     Dead 

r.  M.  Robertson,  Jr ••        "     Dismissed 

Julia  V.  Linley -        ••     Dead 

Mrs.  Rebecca  A.  Prince "•        ••     

Mrs.  Jaenette   E.   Morrow "        "     

Isabella  Gibbes ••        "     

Elizabeth  R    Ewing ••        "     ....Dismissed 

Sarah  F.  Becket ••        " 

Frances  E.  Legare •        "     Dismissed 

Eva  C.  Happoldt July.  1882 

Robert  M.  McDermid "        "     

James  Chapman "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Annie  M.  Fleming Nov.  1882 Dismissed 

Mrs.   Margaret  K.  Carpenter...  Feb.   1883 

William  "W-  Carpenter "        ••     

Mrs.  Rachel  S.  Carpenter "        "     

John  W.  Robson ••        "     

Mrs.  Catherine  A.  Westerlund..      "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Caroline  A.  Nelson April,  1883 

Mrs.  L.T.  Murphy May,  1883 

Robert  Ferguson "        "     Dismissed 

Raphael  M.  Masters "        "     

Mrs.  Mary  M.  Masters -        -     

Wm.   Henry   Shingler     June,  1883 

Mrs.  Idal.  Shingler "        "     

Bessie  W.  Lebby   (Walsh) "        "     Dismissed 

Mattie  E.  Knox "        "     

Jas.M.  Falconer Nov.   1883 

Mrs.    Mary  E.   Falconer "        " 

Mrs.  Mary  Hall "        "     Dead 

George  H.  Gramling "        "     Dead 

8 


11-4 


NAME.  WHBN  ADMITTED. 

Mrs.  Lois  J.  Gramling Nov.  1883 Dismissed 

J.  G.  LaCoste Feb      188-4 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Sarali  M.  LaCoste "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.  Julia  Henderson "        ••     Dismissed 

Mary  Bolles  (Van  Dyke).....,...      "        "     

Mrs.  Lilly  Pie*-ce "        "     Dismissed 

Mrs.    Frances   Happoldt "        "     

Charles  S.  Patrick ••        - 

Mrs.  Josephine  G.  Patrick "        "     

William  J.   Baird ••        ••     

AVm.  Enston    Butler April,  1884 

Wm   B.  Hills May.  1884 Dismissed 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Hills •        "     Died 

Jarues  Allan,  Jr ••        "     Dismissed 

Jessie  Allan , 

Robert  C.  Lebby 

Mrs.  A.M.  Hills ••         ••     Dead 

George  C.  Smith June,  1834 Dismissed 

Mrs.  Rosalie   L.  Maule July,  1884 

Martha  W.  Robson  (McMillan)      "        "     Dismissed 

Elizabeth  M.  Cameron Nov.  1884 

Mary  Estelle  Riley ••        "     

Edward   P.    Blakeley "        "     Dead 

Mrs.  P.  A.  BJakeley "        "     Dead 

Lavinia  E.   Blakeley "        "     

Sarah  L  Blakely "        "     

Lucinda   Cole Feb,    1885 Dismissed 

Robert  Chapman Mar.,  1885 Dismissed 

George  Chapman "        "     Dismissed 

William  B.  Vardell May,  1885 Dismissed 

Dismissed 


Mrs.  Elvira  J.  Vardell. 

Mrs.  Jane  G  Guun 

Agnes  K.  Irving 

William  Thomson 

Annie  M.  Calcuti 

Annie  S.  Riley 

Mary  A.  Blakeley 


115 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Julia  J.  Wells May,  1885  .... 

Elizabeth  H.  Wells "  "  .... 

Marion  M.  Roberts  (Lebby)....  "  "  .... 

Charles  F.  Steinmeyer "  "  .... 

Jane  F.  Moffett "  "  .... 

Henry  F.  King "  "  .... 

Mary  L  Gillian "  "  .... 

George  W.  Wells -  "  .... 

EvaF.  Gowan  (Aldert) "  -  •••• 

Jane  C.  Gunn "  *'  .... 

Ida  C.  Bradley  (Lebby) "  "  .... 

Jane  E.  Williams "  "  ■••• 

Florence  B.  Hills "  "  .... 

Mary  M   Robson *"  "  .••• 

AdeiaB.  Hills "  "  •••• 

Annie  V.  Webb "  "  •••• 

Julia  Whaley "  "  •••• 

Julia  T.  Legare  (Gadsden) "  "  .... 

Gertrude  I.  Brackett *•  "  .... 

Jane  A.  Prince "  "  .... 

May  L.  Poiter "  "  .... 

Mary  G.  Hughes "  "  ... 

Helen  M.  Ford "  "  •••■ 

Josephine  Bailey "  "  .... 

Elizabeth  S.Hammett (Hatch.)  "  '•  .... 

Margaret  A.  Smyth  (McKissick)  -  "  .... 

Lucy  A.  Mustard "  "  •••• 

Alice  B.Glenn "'  "  ••.• 

Mary  E.  Blakeley "  ■"  .... 

Rebecca  M.  Linley,  (Fripp)  ....  "  "  .••. 

Anna  C.  Grimke "  "  .••• 

Mary  S.  Grimke "  "  •••• 

Agnes  M.  Mclndoe "  "  .••• 

Waring  W.  Hills "  "  - 

Robert  Adger  Smyth "  "  •••. 

Benjamin  S.  Aldert,  Jr "  "  .... 

William  B.  Glenn "  "  .- 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


Dead 

.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


116 


.Dead 


.Dead 
.Dead 


.Dismissed 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Edwin  H.  Glenn May,  1885  .... 

George  H.  Moflfett 

William  A.  Moffett " 

Franklin  E.  Robson 

George  S.  Legare 

Edward  T.  Legare 

James  Robinson  Williams 

Jenkins  M.  Robertson 

Glenn  Allan  Miscally 

James  L.  Rice 

John  J.  Rose 

ThaddeusS.  Burdell " 

Archibald  Duncan 

John  S,  Bird,  Jr " 

Sallie  M.  Bird,  (Marshall) " 

William  J.  Lamble 

John  Webb " 

Adelaide  O.  B.  Duncan 

Mary  E.  Riimley 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Brothers   

Henrietta  R.  Robertson 

William  F.  Shaw " 

Mary  Tovey  (Oswald) 

Douglass  Jennings 

R.  E.  Seabrook 

Mrs.  Annie  B.  Seabrook 

Mrs.  Annie  Webb 

Henry  C.  Oswald 

Eliza  Lottie  La  Coste •*        "     Dismissed 

J.  S.  Cureton April,  1886 Dismissed 

Dismissed 

Dismissed 


George  H.  Cornelson 

Mrs.  Lizzie  R.  Keys 

Mrs.  Mary  Northrop 

Mrs.  M.    B.  Clement May,] 

W.W.  Clement " 

J.  A.  Mayes,  Jr 

Frank  De  B.  Bell " 


.Dead 


.l)ismissed 


8S6 Dismissed 

Dismissed 

Dismissed 

Dismissed 


117 


WHEN  ADMITTED. 

May,  1886 Dead 

"        •■     Dismissed 

••        ••     Dead 

"        " Dismissed 


NAME. 

Mrs.  Kate  F.  Bell 

EllaZ.  Lyne- 

Emma  P.  Lynes 

Georgiana  Aubinoe 

Margaret  L.  Hf>rlbeck 

Ella  Louise  Boyle 

Josephine  H.  McLean 

Agnes  Irving  Miscall}' 

George  McDe-mid 

James  H,  McNeill 

David  R.  LaFar 

Wm.  L.  Gramling 

Thomas  C.  Astle 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Simmons 

Flora  Adele  La  Coste 

Amy  N.  Allan 

Samuel  M.  Cochran 

Mrs.  Jane  H.  Cochran 

Edwin  S.  Martien 

James  R.  Guffin 

Florence  V.  Brothers   (Hanr- 

han 

Wm.  R.  Cochran "        "     

Alma  S,  Thompson "        "     

Mrs.  Mary  E,  Aubinoe "        "     

Harriet  F,  Taylor "         "     

Thomas  P,  Harrison Feb,,  1887  Dismissed 

Matthew  Smellie "        "     Dismissed 

Isabel  Lanneau "        "     

Mrs.  Francis  A.  Colburn  (Bee).       "        " 

S.  N.  Aubinoe "        "       Dead 

Annie  R.  La  Far  (Shackelford)  May,  1887  

Mii^s  E.  G.  Chreitzberg "        "       

Alexander  Scott "        "       

Mrs.  A,   Scott ••        "      Dead 

Mrs.  Anna  M.  Schroder "        *•       

Hannah  McCord  Smythe "'        "      


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
Dead 

.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


118 


NAME.  WHKN   ADMITTED. 

Sarah  M.  Blakeley May,  1887  

Mary  E.  Webb "        "       

J.  Ellison  Adger July,  1887  Returned 

Mrs.  Susan  C,  Adger "        "       Returned 

John  B.  Adger,  Jr "        "       Returned 

Elizabeth   J,    Adger "        "       Re'.urned 

Mrs.  Jane  H.  Robinson "        "       

James  E.  p]dgerton "        "       Dismissed 

Mrs.  Lucretia  Edgerton 

Cecilia  C.  Edgerton "        "       

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Millar "        "       

Mrs.  Annie  L  Collins "        "       Dismissed 

Sylvester  Primer Nov.  1887  Dismissed 

Mrs.  A,  T.  Chreitzberg Feb,  1888  Dead 

Miss  E.  C.  Parsons "        "       Dead 

Arthur  Pelzer , "        "       Dismissed 

Thomas  Allen  Legare Feb.,  1888  

Owen  T.  Baynard "        •'       

Lane  Mullally Mch,  1888  

Robert  M.  Sims May,  1888  Dismissed 

Mrs.  Ada  Sims "        "       Dismissed 

Mrs.  Anna  M.  King "        "       

Robert  Cor ry "        " 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Corry "         "       

Mrs.  Martha  McCarrell "        *•       

Annie  E.  Priester "        "       

Agnes  Glenn "        "       

Ellen  E.  Johnson "        "       

Isabel  Allan "        "       

Jean  F.  Edgerton "        "       

Annie  Mistally "        "      

Mary  F.  McNeill -        "       

Mary  A.  Happoldt "        "       

Annie  M.  Saunders ••        " 

Mrs.Annie  E.  McCarrell ••        *•      

Susan  F.  Carrer^ "        -      

Alma  li.Carrere "        ••      


119 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Norma  E.  Carere May,  1888  . 

Martha  D.  Boyle "  "     ••• 

Beaufort  Sims "  "     ••■ 

Eichaid   M.   Sims "  "     •• 

JohnB.    McClure "  *•     - 

T.  Y.  Simons  Rowand *•  "     ••• 

John   C.  Bailey "  "     •• 

Sam  F.  Garlington "  "     •• 

Robert  L.  Dargan "  "     ■• 

Thomas  M.  Hunter "  "     •• 

Asbnry   G.  LaMotte "  "     •• 

Hudson  C.  Moore "  "'     •• 

George  Norton  Marshall "  "     •• 

Wm.   Frank  Taylor "  "     •• 

Colin  McK.  Rose "  "     •• 

Arthur   B.    LaFar "  "      • 

James  W.  McGee "  "     •• 

James   P-   Crawford "  "     •• 

Percy   C    Hatfield "  "     • 

EvaG.  McNeill Feb.,  1889., 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Whilden May.  "     .. 

James  N.   Robson,  Jr "  "     •■ 

James   G.   LaCoste,  Jr "  "     • 

Ann  E.  Beckett July.  "     • 

Lavinia  J.  McConnell "  "     • 

Susan  J.  Robinson Nov.  "     • 

Janie  Adger  Kobinson "  "     • 

Anna  Lize  Hills "  "     • 

Barbara  E.  Percival "  "     • 

Gertrude.  D     Percival "  "     • 

Joseph  Washington  Hills "  "     • 

John  F.Corby 

Thomas  E.Tyrrell 

Mrs.  Charlotte  W.  Tyrrell " 

Mrs.  Adelaide  M.  Corby  

Hester  McGranigan 

Annie  V.   Astle •■   Feb., 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 


Jan.,  1890 Uead 


.Dead 


120 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Hampden  C.   DuBose Feb.,  1890  ... 

James  Adger  Smyth,   -Ir "  ••  ... 

Richard  B.  Smyth ••  ••  ... 

George  K.  Grainling ••  ••  ... 

Mrs.  L.  E.  Tyrrell Mar..    -  ... 

Jennie  I.  Simons May,  "  .... 

Elizabeth  G.  Horlbeck ••  ••  ... 

S.  Elizabeth  Davidson July  "  ... 

George   N.  Rice ••  ••  ... 

Arthur   H.  Misseldine "  "  ... 

Theodore  W.    Webb Nov.,     "  ... 

Mrs.  T.  W.  Webb •  -  ... 

Mrs.  Doretta  C.  Ploch ••  ••  ... 

Doretta  A.  Bohlmann "  "  .... 

Lottie  E.  Rowand ••  ••  ... 

Charles  C.Boyle -  ••  .... 

Rosa   Alex Feb.,  1891.... 

Louisa  W.Shaw ••  ••  .... 

George  C.    Walsh -  ••  ... 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  McGrew "  "  ... 

Mrs.  Margaret  A.  Mitchell May,  "  .... 

John  S.  Mitchell -  "  .... 

Mrs.  Beulah  R.  Verdery "  "  .... 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Bailey ••  "  .... 

James   W.    Meggett ••  ••  .... 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Meggett "  "  .... 

Margaret  E.  Carpenter "  "  .... 

Susan  D.  A.  Sniythe "  "  .... 

Minnie   S.  Thompson ••  "  .... 

Henry  D.  Shackelford "  "  .... 

John   A.  Kauffner ••  "  .... 

Donald  T.Rose ••  ••  .... 

W.  T.  Y.  L.  Marshall "  "  .... 

Emma  M.Cohen May,  1891.... 

Florence  A.  Cohen ••  "  .... 

James  G.  Moffett ••  "  .... 

Margaret  M.  A.  Smyth Nov.  1891.... 


.Dismissed. 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dead 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


121 


NAME. 

John  S.  Riggs 

Mortimer  Glover , 

Lester  Nelson 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Nelson 

Henrietta  Rottureau 

Margaret  Smyth  Flinn 

Jane  Ann  Adger  Flinn 

Archibald  McL.  Bussing 

Laura  J.  Blakely 

W.N.   Royall 

Mrs  M.Reese  Royall 

A.  S.  King 

Mrs.  Lvdia   B.  King 

T.  n.  Fercival 

Mrs.  Jessie  A.  Percival 

Charles   B.  Millar 

Mary    Eugenia  Millar 

Coleman  E.  Creese 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  Creese 

C.  W.  Hinsdale 

Annie  Pearle  Motte 

Stella  LoisGramling 

Mrs.  Bessie  B.  Brackett 

Benj.  S.  Aldert 

Mrs.  Eva  T.  Aldert 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Prince 

Henry   Robertson 

Harry  R.  McClnre 

Thomas  Y.  S.   Rowand,  Jr  . 

John  E.   Prince 

Emma  J.  Keckley 

Mrs.  Annie   M.    Frampton. 

Hattie  H.  Frampton 

W.  McLeod  Frampton 

William  W.Clement 

Preston  J.  Peterkin 

Marie  Genevie  Perrine 


[EN  ADMITTED. 
.  Nov.,  1891  ... 
,  Feb.    1892... 


.Dismissed 
.Dismissed 


.Dismissed 
.I)ismissed 


May,  1892. 


.Returned 
.Returned 


July, 

1892 

Dismissed 

Dismissed 

Nov. 

1892 

1893 

Dismissed 

Feb 

1893 

Returned 

Returned 

May, 

1893 

,. 

122 


NAME.  WHEN  ADMITTED. 

Mqry  Gertrude  Prince "  "  

Victoria  Annie   Cochran "  "  

Ottilee  Virginia  McClure ■'  "  

Lila  Soniers  Rowand "  "  

William  Hooper  Adams "  " 

Richard  Hobcraft  Allan ••  "  

William  W.  Meggett "  "      

Mrs.  Ann  A.  McRimmon "  "  

L.  B.  Bronson Nov.   1893 

Mrs  E.  W.  Bronson "  "  

Mary  Isabel  Mather "  *•  

Florence  A.    Mather "  "  

Lizzie  Gibbes   Mather ••  "  

Mrs.  Ella  A.  Lockwood "  "  

Amelia  P.   Whilden "  "  

Drusilla  Whilden "  "  

Elizabeth   Whilden "  "  

Mary  E.  Steinmeyer "  "  

Edwin  K.  Miscally "  "  

Hall  McGee  Saunders "  "  

C.  W.  King Feb.,  1894 

Mrs.  Florence  M.  Nohrden "  "  

Mary  Jane  Yates "  "  

Lizzie  A.  S.  Blakeley "  "  

Elvira  T.  Bailey "  ••  

Mary  R.  Taylor "  "  

Caroline  Bee  Fogartie May,  1894 

Maggie  Grant  Rose "  "  

Gertrude  J.  Rose "  "  

Laura  E.  McRimmon "  "  

Fannie  B.  Boyle "  "  

May  C.  King "  "  

Amelia  Tovey  Lebby "  "  

Ernest  S.  Bee July,  1894 

Janette  V.  Wells "  "  

Mollie  Kate  Wells "  " 

George  S.  Legare *•  "  Returned 

Mrs.  Mary  F.  Legare "  ••  


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STANDING  NOTICES. 

The  Lord's  Supper  is  celebrated  in  this  church, 
when  it  is  not  otherwise  notified,  on  the  second 
Sabbpth  in  February,  May,  July,  and  I^ovember. 

Persons  desirous  of  uniting  witli  the  Church  on 
profession  of  faith,  are  expected  to  meet  the  Session 
previous  to  the  communion  ;  those  who  wish  to  unite 
on  certificate,  may  present  their  certificates,  through 
the  Pastor,  to  the  Session,  which  meets  regularly  once 
a  month,  or  as  often  as  necessary. 

The  lecture,  preparatorty  to  the  communion,  is  held 
on  the  Friday  evening  previous  to  the  communion, 
unless  otherwise  announced. 

Persons  desiring  letters  of  dismission,  can  obtain 
them  by  application  to  the  Session,  through  the  Pas- 
tor ;  and  they  should  be  taken  by  all  who  remove  for 
any  length  of  tiine  from  the  bounds  of  the  congrega- 
tion, and  should  be  brought  by  all  coming  within 
these  bounds.  They  should  also  be  at  once  presented, 
and  never  retained  on  hand  longer  than  necessity  ab- 
solutely requires. 

It  is  deemed  proper  that  children  should  be  pre- 
sented for  baptism  on  the  second  Sabbath  morning 
after  each  communion  occasion.  A  paper  containing 
the  name  of  the  child  and  of  the  parents,  and  also  the 
date  of  its  birth,  should  be  handed  in  to  the  Minister 
previously.  The  ordinance  is  administered  at  the 
commencement  of  the  Church  services. 

Persons  wishing  to  hire  pews  may  apply  to  the 
Treasurer,  or  to  any  member  of  Standing  Committee. 


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WEEKLY  SERVICES. 

Sabbath  Service,  11  A.  M. 

Sabbath  School,  Afternoons. 

YouxG  People's  Society  of  Christian  En- 
deavor, Tuesday  Night. 

Church  Prayer  Meetings  Wednesday  After- 
noons. 

SOCIETY  MEETINGS. 

Ladies'  Education  Society,  Thursday,  12  M.  in 
winter,  6  P.  M.  in  summer. 

Missionary  Society,  Saturday  Afternoon. 
Sabbath  School  Workers,  Friday  Afternoon. 

MONTHLY  MEETINGS. 

Session  meets  Monday  succeeding  the  lirst  Sabhath 
of  each  month. 

Board  of  Deacons  meets  Monday  succeeding  tlie 
first  Sabbath  of  each  month. 

Deacon's  Court  first  Monday  after  each  com- 
munion. 

ANNUAL  MEETINGS. 

Corporation  meets  the  first  Monday  in  May. 


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EXTRACT  FROM   OLD  PwULES  OF  THIS 
^  CHURCH. 


Adopted  about  1848. 


The  following  paper  was  adopted  by  the  Session  of 
the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  in  Charleston,  in 
view  of  the  appointment  of  Deacons  : 

The  Bible  and  onr  standards  have  made  the  office 
of  Deacon,  in  distinction  from  that  of  the  Pastor  and 
the  Ruling  Elder,  plain,  obvious  and  imperative.  And 
the  General  Assembly,  together  with  our  Presbytery, 
have  called  upon  every  church  where  the  office  has 
fallen  into  disuse,  to  have  it  restored.  The  Ministry 
and  the  Eldership  have  relation  to  the  doctrine,  dis- 
cipline and  government  of  the  Church ;  and  the 
Deaconship  to  the  general  interests  of  the  poor,  to 
collections  made  for  pious  purposes,  and,  generally, 
to  all  matters  relating  to  the  interests  of  the  Church? 
in  which  the  Session  may  desire  their  co-operation. 

It  is  thus  manifest  that  the  duties  assigned  to  Dea- 
cons, need  not  interfere  either  with  those  of  the 
Session  on  the  one  hand,  or  of  such  officers  on  the 
other  hand,  as  are  appointed  by  the  congregation,  for 
the  exclusive  management  of  its  fiscal  affairs,  its 
buildings,  and  its  burial  ground. 

Resolved,  therefore,  that  this  session  do  now  pro- 
ceed to  nominate  as  many  Deacons  as  may  be  at 
present  expedient,  to  be  recommended  to  the  Church 
for  their  election. 


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Resolved,  That,  in  doing  this,  the  fullowini^  rules 
be  adopted,  for  the  better  understanding  of  the  mutual 
duties  of  Deacons  and  Ehlers  : 

1st.  The  session,  consisting  of  Pastor  and  Ruling 
Elders,  constitute  the  supreme  and  only  authorized 
body  in  the  Church,  for  directing  (in  accordance  with 
its  spiritual  rules)  everything  pertaining  to  the  spiritual 
order,  government  and  discipline  of  the  same. 

2nd.  The  Deacons,  therefore,  are  appointed  to  act 
only  in  accordance  with  the  views  of  the  session,  and 
within  that  held  to  which  session  may  direct  their 
labors ;  and  all  nominations  for  that  office  shall  be 
made  by  the  session. 

3rd.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Deacons  to  appoint 
a  Chairman,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  and  to  keep 
minutes  of  all  their  proceedings,  which  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  session  for  review  and  approval  once  a 
quarter. 

■Ith.  Within  the  Held  assigned  to  them,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Deacons  to  devise  and  employ  every 
proper  means  for  furthering  the  objects  entrusted  to 
their  care. 

5th.  Once  a  quarter,  or  oftener,  if  necessary,  the 
Deacons  shall  meet  with  the  session,  when  they  shall 
make  tlieir  report  and  receive  directions  and  advice, 
and  when  appropriations  to  the  regular  beneficiaries 
of  the  Church  shall  be  made. 

6th.  In  regard  to  the  specific  duties  of  the  Deacons. 
Resolred,  that  to  them  he  committed,  under  the  afore- 
said direction  and  superintendence  of  the  session — 

I.  The  poor,  and  everything  pertaining  to  their 
temporal  comfort  and  advantage. 


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II.  The  collections  for  all  religions  pnrposes,  to  be 
made  in  the  congregation  as  appointed  by  the  session, 
and  the  means  of  rendering  them  more  general,  more 
eqnal,  more  liberal,  and  therefore  more  systematic. 

III.  The  arrangements  for  the  acconmiodation  of 
strangers  and  others,  at  all  the  meetings  of  the  Church. 

IV.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Deacons  also  to  use 
every  proper  and  practicable  means  for  inducing 
strangers  to  attend  the  Church — for  aiding  and  assist- 
ing young  men  and  others  in  procuring  situations  or 
employment — for  promoting,  as  far  as  practicable,  the 
temporal  welfare,  business  and  prospects,  of  members 
of  the  Church  ;  and  in  every  other  way  for  furtliering 
its  interests. 

V.  It  shall  be  further  the  duty  and  business  of  the 
Deacons,  to  assist  in  promoting  the  circulation  of  such 
periodicals,  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  session,  it  is  de- 
sirable to  circulate  in  the  congregation. 

Finally,  as  it  regards  the  election  and  ordination  of 
Deacons.  Resolved^  that  they  be  conducted  in  the 
same  manner  as  those  of  Ruling  Eklei's,  according  to 
Kules  1  and  2  of  this  Church. 


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STATISTICAL  SUMMARY. 

MEMBERS  ADMITTED 

From  1811  to  1820,  when  Dr  Flinn  died 174 

From  1820  to  1827,  during  Dr  Henry's  Ministry 94 

From   1827  to  1832,  Church  mostly  without  a  Pastor 44 

From  1832  to  1871,  during  Dr   Smyth's  Ministry 60S 

From  1871  to  1894,  during  Dr.  Brackett's  Ministry 545 

From  1871  to  1894,  Died 100 

Dismissed 150 

Present   Membership 450 

Infants    Baptized 235 

The  following  members  of  this  Church  have  entered   the 
Gospel  Ministry: 


Rev.  John  B.  Adger,  D.  D. 

••  D.  McNeill  Turner,  D.D. 

"  George  C  Logan. 

••  Wm.  S.  Hughes. 

•■  Donald  J.  Auld. 

••  Chas.  A.  Stillman,  D.  D. 

••  Arnold  W.  Miller,  D.  D. 

■■  Robert  Small. 

••  Thomas  J.  Girardeau. 

•  James  E.  White. 

•■  Arthur  Small. 

••  E.  H.  Bolles. 


Rev.  Wm.  J.  McCormick,  D.  D. 

••  Wm.  B.  Corbett,  D.  D. 

••  D.  L.  Buttolph,  D.  D. 

••  E.  G.  Walker. 

■  James  T.  Waite. 

••  Matthew  Green. 

••  R.  M.  McCormick,  D.  D. 

••  E.  O.  Frierson,  D.  D. 

■  James  J.  Chisolm. 

••  C.  E.  Chichester. 

••  Wm.  G.  Vardell. 

"  E.  B.  Hort. 


ERRATA. 


Omitted  ix  List  of  Elders,  Page  77. 

D.  W.  Harrisou.     Ordained  Feb..  18-15.     Died  Feb.  8,  185.5 
Juo.  Caldwell.       Ordained  Jan.,  1846.     Dismissed   to  form 

Glebe  St.  Church. 

Omitted  ix  Li.st  of  Members,  Page  105. 

Jas.  Allan.  Admitted  Feb.,  186(5. 

Mrs.  Amy  Allan      A*dmitted  Feb.,  1806. 


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